Bakan Surname
Approximately 17,246 people bear this surname
Bakan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 13,107 | 1:5,937 | 847 |
| Iran | 1,728 | 1:44,434 | 5,065 |
| Ukraine | 287 | 1:158,616 | 21,961 |
| Russia | 233 | 1:618,554 | 54,209 |
| India | 229 | 1:3,349,630 | 96,743 |
| Belarus | 209 | 1:45,460 | 7,756 |
| Slovenia | 162 | 1:15,356 | 3,610 |
| Poland | 156 | 1:243,646 | 30,939 |
| Nigeria | 148 | 1:1,196,911 | 48,419 |
| United States | 146 | 1:2,482,595 | 151,840 |
| Germany | 115 | 1:700,047 | 53,529 |
| Papua New Guinea | 105 | 1:77,654 | 10,215 |
| Indonesia | 105 | 1:1,259,516 | 88,308 |
| Iraq | 63 | 1:555,899 | 8,855 |
| Canada | 40 | 1:921,140 | 70,350 |
| Slovakia | 40 | 1:133,411 | 24,423 |
| Philippines | 38 | 1:2,664,164 | 134,326 |
| Pakistan | 33 | 1:5,413,451 | 34,034 |
| Austria | 28 | 1:304,123 | 34,120 |
| Ivory Coast | 27 | 1:854,490 | 22,281 |
| Malaysia | 25 | 1:1,179,769 | 51,323 |
| Switzerland | 25 | 1:328,517 | 25,592 |
| Japan | 19 | 1:6,728,647 | 42,320 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Czechia | 14 | 1:759,534 | 67,321 |
| Serbia | 12 | 1:595,412 | 21,526 |
| Croatia | 12 | 1:352,384 | 32,084 |
| Kazakhstan | 11 | 1:1,607,500 | 79,317 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 1:1,493,164 | 71,188 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Transnistria | 2 | 1:237,350 | 16,204 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Bakán (41) are calculated separately.
Bakan (1,338) may also be a first name.
Bakan Demographics
Bakan Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Bakan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bakan (Arabic: بكان, Bengali: বাকন, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻛﺎﻥ, Hindi: बाकं, Marathi: बकान, Oriya: ବକନ, Russian: Бакан) occurs in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Bakán. Click here to see other possible spellings of Bakan.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 30,962nd most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 422,564 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 79 percent of Bakan reside; 66 percent reside in West Asia and 66 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Bakan is also the 214,721st most prevalent given name at a global level. It is borne by 1,338 people.
The surname is most numerous in Turkey, where it is borne by 13,107 people, or 1 in 5,937. In Turkey Bakan is primarily found in: Istanbul Province, where 21 percent reside, Ankara Province, where 5 percent reside and Van Province, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Turkey Bakan occurs in 66 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 10 percent reside and Ukraine, where 2 percent reside.
Bakan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bakan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bakan last name expanded 3,650 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bakan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Orthodox (85%) in Russia, Orthodox (88%) in Belarus and Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Bakan last name are 17.75% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 64.52% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Bakan earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 15.67% more than the national average, earning R 274,872 per year; in United States they earn 13.29% less than the national average, earning $37,416 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.28% more than the national average, earning $58,763 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bakan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bakan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﻛﺎﻥ | bakan | - |
| Bakan in the Bengali language | ||
| বাকন | bakana | - |
| Bakan in the Oriya language | ||
| ବକନ | bakana | 91.3 |
| ବାକାନ | bakana | 4.35 |
| ବାକଂ | bakam | 4.35 |
| Bakan in the Marathi language | ||
| बकान | bakana | 81.35 |
| बकाण | bakana | 10.29 |
| बकन | bakana | 1.29 |
| बाकण | bakana | 0.64 |
| बकां | bakam | 0.64 |
| बालन | balana | 0.64 |
| बकं | bakam | 0.32 |
| बाकान | bakana | 0.32 |
| बबन | babana | 0.32 |
| Bakan in the Hindi language | ||
| बाकं | bakam | 77.86 |
| बाकां | bakam | 9.16 |
| बकन | bakana | 6.11 |
| बकां | bakam | 3.05 |
| बकान | bakana | 2.29 |
| बाकन | bakana | 0.76 |
| बाके | bake | 0.76 |
| Bakan in the Russian language | ||
| Бакан | bakan | - |
| Bakan in the Arabic language | ||
| بكان | bkan | - |
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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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- 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 Bakan
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