Bakaan Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Bakaan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Bakaan (9) may also be a first name.
Bakaan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakaan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bakaan (Arabic: البكيان) is most common in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bakaan.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakaan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Bakaan live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bakaan is also the 3,941,740th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 9 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bakaan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bakaan in the Arabic language | ||
| البكيان | albkyan | - |
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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 Bakaan
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