Ardakan Surname

1,177,228th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 202 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Ardakan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ardakan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1921:399,90925,679
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Ardakan (28) may also be a first name.

Ardakan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ardakan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ardakan is more frequently found in Iran than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ardakan? popularity and diffusion

Ardakan is the 1,177,228th most frequently used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 36,076,960 people. The surname Ardakan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Ardakan reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 28 people.

The surname Ardakan is most widespread in Iran, where it is carried by 192 people, or 1 in 399,909. In Iran Ardakan is primarily found in: Hamadan Province, where 38 percent reside, Tehran Province, where 15 percent reside and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 13 percent reside. Barring Iran it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 0 percent reside.

Ardakan Last Name Statistics demography

Ardakan earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.41% more than the national average, earning $47,208 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ardekan867/
Ardekhan807/
Ardekean801/
Hardekan800/
Ardakhanova7811/
Ordakanova712/
Erdokan711/
Ordakhanova6741/
Erdokhan6722/
Gordacan6711/
Erdekain671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ardakan
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