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.

DNA test information

Elktan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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

Elktan occurs most in Egypt. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Elktan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Elktan is the 1,403,590th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Elktan reside; 99 percent reside in North Africa and 99 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

The surname Elktan is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is carried by 153 people, or 1 in 600,887. Other than Egypt this last name is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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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