Garkans Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Garkans Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Garkans Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garkans Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Garkans is held by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Garkans.
How Common Is The Last Name Garkans? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Garkans reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
This last name is most commonly used in Latvia, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 1,025,023. In Latvia Garkans is most prevalent in: Kurzeme Planning Region, where 50 percent reside and Riga Planning Region, where 50 percent reside. Not including Latvia this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 50 percent reside.
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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 Garkans
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