Jelkan Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Jelkan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Islands | 18 | 1:2,879 | 641 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jelkan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jelkan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jelkan is held by more people in The Marshall Islands than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jelkan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,427,875th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 95 percent of Jelkan are found; 95 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 90 percent are found in Micronesia.
The surname Jelkan is most frequent in The Marshall Islands, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 2,879. In The Marshall Islands it is most frequent in: Majuro Atoll, where 56 percent are found, Aur Atoll, where 28 percent are found and Arno Atoll, where 6 percent are found. Excluding The Marshall Islands this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkan | 91 | 1,244 | / |
| Celkan | 83 | 216 | / |
| Elkaan | 83 | 71 | / |
| Selkan | 83 | 66 | / |
| Elkhan | 83 | 47 | / |
| Jlekan | 83 | 19 | / |
| Zelkan | 83 | 18 | / |
| Elkann | 83 | 11 | / |
| Elkain | 83 | 8 | / |
| Gelkan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jelcan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jlkhan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yelkan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Soelkan | 77 | 66 | / |
| Suelkan | 77 | 18 | / |
| Elkhain | 77 | 4 | / |
| Selkhan | 77 | 4 | / |
| Jilkhan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gellkan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Elkon | 73 | 711 | / |
| Elcan | 73 | 521 | / |
| Elkán | 73 | 54 | / |
| Slkan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yeşilkan | 71 | 65 | / |
| Jailkhan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Selcan | 67 | 313 | / |
| Celcan | 67 | 250 | / |
| Silkan | 67 | 45 | / |
| Selkon | 67 | 40 | / |
| Elkoun | 67 | 21 | / |
| Yelkon | 67 | 16 | / |
| Elcain | 67 | 14 | / |
| Slekan | 67 | 10 | / |
| Zilkan | 67 | 7 | / |
| Jilcan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zlkhan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Clekan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jelcanová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ellcan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elkein | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Jelkan
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