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
Average Bakan Salary in
United States
$37,416 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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) is more frequently found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Bakán. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 30,962nd most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 422,564 people. The surname Bakan occurs mostly in Asia, where 79 percent of Bakan reside; 66 percent reside in West Asia and 66 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 214,721st most frequently held first name globally, borne by 1,338 people.
The surname Bakan is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is carried by 13,107 people, or 1 in 5,937. In Turkey Bakan is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 21 percent live, Ankara Province, where 5 percent live and Van Province, where 5 percent live. Other than Turkey it exists in 66 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 10 percent live and Ukraine, where 2 percent live.
Bakan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bakan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bakan surname rose 3,650 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bakan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Bakan last name is primarily Orthodox (85%) in Russia, Orthodox (88%) in Belarus and Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Bakan surname are 17.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.52% registered with 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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bakan
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