Gikan Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Gikan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 59 | 1:1,319,007 | 54,084 |
| Japan | 29 | 1:4,408,424 | 37,714 |
| Liberia | 18 | 1:244,919 | 15,115 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Gikan (41) may also be a first name.
Gikan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gikan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gikan (Russian: Гикан) is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gikan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,718,748th most widespread surname internationally, held by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 69 percent of Gikan are found; 42 percent are found in West Asia and 42 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 1,590,275th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, borne by 41 people.
Gikan is most widespread in Turkey, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 1,319,007. In Turkey it is most common in: Kars Province, where 58 percent live, Ankara Province, where 15 percent live and Istanbul Province, where 10 percent live. Apart from Turkey this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Japan, where 26 percent live and Liberia, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gikan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gikan in the Russian language | ||
| Гикан | gikan | - |
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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 Gikan
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