Barkans Surname

495,028th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 667 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Barkans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Barkans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia6091:3,366445
England141:3,979,861125,553
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Russia131:11,086,389347,183
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Barkāns (9) are calculated separately.

Barkans Last Name Facts

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

Barkans (Georgian: ბარკანს, Russian: Барканс) occurs more in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Barkāns. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Barkans? popularity and diffusion

Barkans is the 495,028th most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,925,856 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Barkans live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 93 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The last name Barkans is most frequent in Latvia, where it is held by 609 people, or 1 in 3,366. In Latvia Barkans is most numerous in: Latgale, where 53 percent live, Riga Planning Region, where 33 percent live and Semigallia, where 7 percent live. Besides Latvia this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Barkans Last Name Statistics demography

Barkans earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.94% less than the national average, earning $35,406 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Barkāns959/
Barkhans930/
Berkans8678/
Barkons866/
Barcans861/
Borkans860/
Barcanse801/
Barcons71638/
Berkons710/
Barcance673/
Barcoms571/
Borcons571/

Barkans Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Barkans in the Georgian language
ბარკანსbarkans-
Barkans in the Russian language
Баркансbarkans-

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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 Barkans
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