Gukan Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Gukan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
The alternate forms: Gükan (20) are calculated separately.
Gukan (43) may also be a first name.
Gukan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gukan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gukan (Marathi: गुकन, Russian: Гукан) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Gükan. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gukan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gukan is the 6,063,924th most widespread family name globally It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 40 percent of Gukan reside; 30 percent reside in West Africa and 30 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gukan is also the 1,545,828th most frequently held forename globally. It is borne by 43 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Gukan is most common in: Ogun, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 30 percent are found and Malaysia, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gukan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gukan in the Marathi language | ||
| गुकन | gukana | - |
| Gukan in the Russian language | ||
| Гукан | gukan | - |
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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 Gukan
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