Karatan Surname
Approximately 423 people bear this surname
Karatan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 344 | 1:226,225 | 16,110 |
| Northern Cyprus | 22 | 1:14,500 | 3,711 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
| Ukraine | 9 | 1:5,058,077 | 228,455 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Karatan (170) may also be a first name.
Karatan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karatan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karatan (Hindi: करतान, Marathi: करतान, Russian: Каратан) is found in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Karatan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karatan? popularity and diffusion
Karatan is the 697,244th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 17,228,241 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 59 percent of Karatan live; 50 percent live in West Asia and 50 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 701,320th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 170 people.
The last name Karatan is most frequent in Turkey, where it is borne by 344 people, or 1 in 226,225. In Turkey it is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 48 percent are found, Kayseri Province, where 15 percent are found and Balikesir Province, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Turkey this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 5 percent are found and India, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karatan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karatan in the Hindi language | ||
| करतान | karatana | 76.92 |
| करतन | karatana | 20.51 |
| कप्तान | kaptana | 2.56 |
| Karatan in the Marathi language | ||
| करतान | karatana | 50 |
| करटन | karatana | 25 |
| करतन | karatana | 12.5 |
| कतर्न | katarna | 12.5 |
| Karatan in the Russian language | ||
| Каратан | karatan | - |
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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 Karatan
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