Karatan Surname

697,244th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 423 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Karatan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karatan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey3441:226,22516,110
Northern Cyprus221:14,5003,711
India111:69,733,217610,955
Iran111:6,980,229145,986
Ukraine91:5,058,077228,455
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karatan in the Hindi language
करतानkaratana76.92
करतनkaratana20.51
कप्तानkaptana2.56
Karatan in the Marathi language
करतानkaratana50
करटनkaratana25
करतनkaratana12.5
कतर्नkatarna12.5
Karatan in the Russian language
Каратанkaratan-

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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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