Elktan Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Elktan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elktan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Elktan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Elktan occurs most in Egypt. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Elktan.

How Common Is The Last Name Elktan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,403,590th most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. The last name Elktan is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Elktan are found; 99 percent are found in North Africa and 99 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is held by 153 people, or 1 in 600,887. Excluding Egypt it is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Elkttan924/
Ilktan8374/
Alktan835/
Elkton834/
Elkhtam774/
Helgtaine671/
Alqtan671/
Eilgton621/
Alqttan621/
Alqutan621/
Helgton621/
Alqtaain574/
Alquttan571/

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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 Elktan
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