Erkalan Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Erkalan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Erkalan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1571:495,67828,259
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Erkalan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Erkalan is found most frequently in Turkey. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Erkalan.

How Common Is The Last Name Erkalan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Erkalan is the 1,364,059th most numerous family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Erkalan reside; 83 percent reside in West Asia and 83 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

The last name Erkalan is most widely held in Turkey, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 495,678. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Afyonkarahisar Province, where 15 percent reside, Ankara Province, where 13 percent reside and Usak Province, where 12 percent reside. Barring Turkey this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 1 percent reside and Belarus, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Erkaslan93267/
Arkalan863/
Erkolan861/
Arkalian801/
Arcalan7112/
Erceylan67609/
Arcalean67189/
Arkelian6790/
Arkelyan6723/
Erkolein676/
Arkelain674/
Orqalyan672/
Arcallan671/
Erkelein670/
Herzcallahan631/
Hercoland630/
Arcalon571/
Yrkalyonova561/
Irkalionova561/
Arcallon531/
Arhkelian501/

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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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  • 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 Erkalan
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