Elkatan Surname

475,239th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 704 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Elkatan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elkatan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt6711:137,01310,788
Turkey301:2,594,04779,854
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Elkatan Last Name Facts

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

Elkatan is held by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Elkatan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Elkatan is the 475,239th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 10,351,628 people. The surname Elkatan occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Elkatan reside; 95 percent reside in North Africa and 95 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

The surname is most common in Egypt, where it is held by 671 people, or 1 in 137,013. Apart from Egypt it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 4 percent are found and Kuwait, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Elkattan933,684/
Elkatane935/
Elkastan931/
Elkaitan931/
Alkatan8622/
Elkatam862/
Ilkatan861/
Alkattan80724/
Elqattan80597/
Elkhatam80279/
Elqahtan801/
Elketann801/
Olkaitan801/
Elkhattam75279/
Alkhaitan75156/
Elkostane754/
Alkaittan751/
Alqatan7160/
Elkoton7110/
Alqattan673,139/
Alqahtan6717/
Olcaytan673/
Alkatton671/
Alkhatoon635/
Alqahtain632/
Elkhateim631/
Aalqattan631/
Alkkoutan631/
Alquattan631/
Ilkotaane631/
Alqqhhatttan534/
Alqatoun531/

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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 Elkatan
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