Karakan Surname
Approximately 5,445 people bear this surname
Karakan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 4,723 | 1:16,477 | 2,013 |
| Thailand | 421 | 1:167,787 | 26,975 |
| Iran | 105 | 1:731,262 | 37,809 |
| Ukraine | 57 | 1:798,644 | 80,335 |
| Denmark | 28 | 1:201,597 | 16,538 |
| Russia | 23 | 1:6,266,220 | 254,708 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Austria | 13 | 1:655,033 | 58,041 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
The alternate forms: Karakán (3) are calculated separately.
Karakan (27) may also be a first name.
Karakan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karakan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karakan (Marathi: करकन, Oriya: କରକାନ, Russian: Каракан) is found most frequently in Turkey. It may also occur in the variant forms: Karakán. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karakan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 88,232nd most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,338,392 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Karakan live; 77 percent live in West Asia and 77 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Karakan is also the 2,036,353rd most frequent forename on earth. It is borne by 27 people.
Karakan is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is borne by 4,723 people, or 1 in 16,477. In Turkey Karakan is most frequent in: Gaziantep Province, where 24 percent reside, Istanbul Province, where 12 percent reside and Sanliurfa Province, where 12 percent reside. Barring Turkey it exists in 26 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 8 percent reside and Iran, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karakan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karakan in the Oriya language | ||
| କରକାନ | karakana | - |
| Karakan in the Marathi language | ||
| करकन | karakana | - |
| Karakan in the Russian language | ||
| Каракан | karakan | - |
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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
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