Atankan Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Atankan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Atankan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atankan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Atankan occurs most in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Atankan.
How Common Is The Last Name Atankan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Atankan is the 7,117,718th most prevalent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Atankan occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Atankan live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Atankan is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 100 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athankan | 93 | 4 | / |
| Atankang | 93 | 1 | / |
| Atancan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Aytancan | 80 | 40 | / |
| Athankon | 80 | 28 | / |
| Atankoun | 80 | 5 | / |
| Otankant | 80 | 1 | / |
| Atthankam | 75 | 99 | / |
| Atthankon | 75 | 78 | / |
| Hothankan | 75 | 18 | / |
| Attankoun | 75 | 2 | / |
| Hatamkhan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Atangkoon | 75 | 1 | / |
| Astamkhan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Atankom | 71 | 11 | / |
| Etancan | 71 | 6 | / |
| Otankon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Atonkoun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hatongkam | 63 | 2 | / |
| Authongkam | 59 | 6 | / |
| Hathongkam | 59 | 2 | / |
| Eadtongkam | 59 | 1 | / |
| Eastongkam | 59 | 1 | / |
| Hahthongkam | 56 | 1 | / |
| Otongkam | 53 | 5 | / |
| Atamkoun | 53 | 1 | / |
| Othongkam | 50 | 58 | / |
| Otounkoun | 50 | 1 | / |
| Hotongkam | 50 | 1 | / |
| Attamkhan | 50 | 1 | / |
| Atounkoum | 50 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Atankan
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