Atekan Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Uganda

Atekan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Atekan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia241:5,510,383253,014
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Atekan (377) may also be a first name.

Atekan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Atekan is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Atekan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,228,735th most frequently held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 65 percent of Atekan live; 65 percent live in Southeast Asia and 65 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 446,783rd most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 377 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 5,510,383. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: East Java, where 96 percent live and Banten, where 4 percent live. Excluding Indonesia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 24 percent live and Nigeria, where 8 percent live.

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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 Atekan
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