Karken Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kazakhstan
Highest density in:
Kazakhstan

Karken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kazakhstan171:1,040,14760,802
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

Karken (267) may also be a first name.

Karken Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Karken Come From? nationality or country of origin

Karken (Hindi: करकेन, Russian: Каркен) is held by more people in Kazakhstan than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karken? popularity and diffusion

The surname Karken is the 3,882,373rd most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 81 percent of Karken live; 65 percent live in Central Asia and 65 percent live in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia. Karken is also the 544,256th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 267 people.

The last name is most widespread in Kazakhstan, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 1,040,147. In Kazakhstan it is mostly found in: Astana, where 59 percent are found, Akmola Region, where 24 percent are found and Almaty, where 6 percent are found. Beside Kazakhstan this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 15 percent are found and Germany, where 12 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karkuen922/
Karkeng921/
Karkienė866/
Karkenne863/
Karkennt861/
Kharkeng861/
Karkın832,855/
Karkin83936/
Körken83260/
Korken8362/
Kerken8324/
Karkyn8323/
Carken837/
Karcen831/
Karkenova80197/
Kharkin77912/
Karkina77619/
Kaurkin77202/
Kharkyn7790/
Karkyna7739/
Kaurkyn7731/
Kerkien773/
Kaerkin771/
Kairkenova75182/
Kayrkenova756/
Kharkina71848/
Kaurkina71299/
Kharkyna7190/
Kaurkyna7125/
Kerkiehn7112/
Kharchen717/
Khairkin713/
Kahyrkyn711/
Korkin6711,143/
Corken67537/
Körkem67375/
Carkin67363/
Korkyn67260/
Kerkin67218/
Karcin6728/
Karqin6713/
Körkün674/
Kahyrkyna674/
Karkynova672/
Korkenova671/
Qarkin671/
Carcen670/
Carrkn670/

Karken Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karken in the Hindi language
करकेनkarakena-
Karken in the Russian language
Каркенkarken-

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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 Karken
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