Jekan Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Jekan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 49 | 1:83,569 | 5,424 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Iran | 30 | 1:2,559,417 | 82,750 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Jekan (243) may also be a first name.
Jekan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jekan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jekan (Bengali: জেকন, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻜﺎﻥ, Hindi: जेकन, Marathi: जेकन) is most common in Mauritania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jekan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,527,735th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 59 percent of Jekan are found; 45 percent are found in South Asia and 36 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Jekan is also the 573,164th most commonly used forename on earth, borne by 243 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 83,569. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 49 percent reside, Assaba Region, where 31 percent reside and Brakna Region, where 14 percent reside. Beside Mauritania this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in India, where 22 percent reside and Iran, where 22 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jekan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jekan in the Bengali language | ||
| জেকন | jekana | - |
| Jekan in the Hindi language | ||
| जेकन | jekana | 98.25 |
| Jekan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻜﺎﻥ | jkan | 93.33 |
| ﺍﺟﻜﺎﻥ | ajkan | 6.67 |
| Jekan in the Marathi language | ||
| जेकन | jekana | 40 |
| जेकण | jekana | 40 |
| जॅकन | jekana | 13.33 |
| जेकान | jekana | 6.67 |
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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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- 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 Jekan
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