Karekan Surname
Approximately 833 people bear this surname
Karekan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 817 | 1:93,981 | 9,374 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
Karekan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karekan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karekan (Marathi: कारेकान) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karekan? popularity and diffusion
Karekan is the 417,348th most frequently used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 8,748,555 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Karekan are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.
The surname Karekan is most prevalent in Iran, where it is held by 817 people, or 1 in 93,981. In Iran Karekan is mostly concentrated in: East Azerbaijan Province, where 29 percent live, Tehran Province, where 24 percent live and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 18 percent live. Excluding Iran it occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karekain | 93 | 16 | / |
| Karekane | 93 | 13 | / |
| Karekhan | 93 | 1 | / |
| Karekean | 93 | 1 | / |
| Karekann | 93 | 1 | / |
| Karakan | 86 | 5,445 | / |
| Karikan | 86 | 137 | / |
| Karecan | 86 | 2 | / |
| Karokan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Karekam | 86 | 1 | / |
| Karekanova | 82 | 1 | / |
| Karakhan | 80 | 129 | / |
| Karikkan | 80 | 58 | / |
| Karikang | 80 | 12 | / |
| Kariskan | 80 | 11 | / |
| Korekane | 80 | 8 | / |
| Karişkan | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kerekain | 80 | 1 | / |
| Karykhan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Karikand | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kerekhan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Karikhan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Karokhan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Karakhanh | 75 | 5,252 | / |
| Kharikhan | 75 | 98 | / |
| Khatrekon | 75 | 8 | / |
| Kharakhan | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kaharakan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Khayrikan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Karrokhan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Katrikhan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kaurakhan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Khairakan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Karikasne | 75 | 1 | / |
| Karikhaan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Karacan | 71 | 20,345 | / |
| Karakon | 71 | 813 | / |
| Korakan | 71 | 375 | / |
| Korokan | 71 | 130 | / |
| Karecam | 71 | 93 | / |
| Karakhanhh | 71 | 60 | / |
| Kerekon | 71 | 11 | / |
| Kerikan | 71 | 10 | / |
| Karacon | 71 | 8 | / |
| Carikan | 71 | 8 | / |
| Korikan | 71 | 7 | / |
| Karikon | 71 | 5 | / |
| Karican | 71 | 4 | / |
| Karakán | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kharrakhan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Carakan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Karikanova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khairakhan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Keereekhan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kkaracan | 67 | 45 | / |
| Karakoon | 67 | 12 | / |
| Kharican | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kaarikam | 67 | 8 | / |
| Karicann | 67 | 6 | / |
| Korakkan | 67 | 4 | / |
| Korakhan | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kaaracan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Karikhanova | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kharikanova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Qarakhan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kourikan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koritkan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Karakoyn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kherakan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Karakeun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Karikkam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Karikham | 67 | 1 | / |
| Karakhon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaerakon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Karrican | 67 | 0 | / |
Karekan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karekan in the Marathi language | ||
| कारेकान | karekana | 90.91 |
| करेकन | karekana | 9.09 |
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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 Karekan
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