Avkan Surname

362,542nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 997 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Avkan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Avkan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey9701:80,2287,316
Northern Cyprus251:12,7603,292
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Avkan (18) may also be a first name.

Avkan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Avkan (Georgian: ავკან) is most common in Turkey. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Avkan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Avkan is the 362,542nd most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 7,309,474 people. The last name Avkan is primarily found in Asia, where 81 percent of Avkan reside; 80 percent reside in West Asia and 80 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 2,608,198th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 18 people.

The last name Avkan is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is held by 970 people, or 1 in 80,228. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Ankara Province, where 27 percent are found, Istanbul Province, where 18 percent are found and Bitlis Province, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Turkey this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 3 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Avcan80335/
Afkan80195/
Ovkan804/
Awkan803/
Afkhan73194/
Aifkan7319/
Awkhan733/
Awkane732/
Hovkan731/
Hawkan731/
Avkhanova719/
Affkhan678/
Aafkhan675/
Aphkhan673/
Aufkhan673/
Ajwkhan672/
Afkahan671/
Aabkhan671/
Afkhaan671/
Hawkane671/
Hawkhan670/
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Avkan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Avkan in the Georgian language
ავკანavkan-

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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 Avkan
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