Karkonen Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Karkonen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 29 | 1:4,969,761 | 222,297 |
| Finland | 15 | 1:366,447 | 25,366 |
| Colombia | 12 | 1:3,981,173 | 16,511 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
The alternate forms: Kärkönen (19) are calculated separately.
Karkonen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karkonen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karkonen (Russian: Карконен) is held by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Kärkönen. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karkonen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,506,728th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Karkonen reside; 44 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 44 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.
It is most commonly used in Russia, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 4,969,761. In Russia Karkonen is most numerous in: Republic of Karelia, where 55 percent live, Vologda Oblast, where 14 percent live and Saint Petersburg, where 10 percent live. Other than Russia this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 25 percent live and Colombia, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karkkonen | 94 | 125 | / |
| Karkhonen | 94 | 7 | / |
| Karkoinen | 94 | 4 | / |
| Kärkönen | 92 | 19 | / |
| Kharkonnen | 89 | 17 | / |
| Karkanen | 88 | 85 | / |
| Carkonen | 88 | 36 | / |
| Korkonen | 88 | 29 | / |
| Karkonin | 88 | 4 | / |
| Kerkonen | 88 | 1 | / |
| Korkhonen | 82 | 138 | / |
| Karkhunen | 82 | 126 | / |
| Kerkkonen | 82 | 54 | / |
| Karkkunen | 82 | 20 | / |
| Korkkonen | 82 | 17 | / |
| Karkonina | 82 | 9 | / |
| Karkkanen | 82 | 7 | / |
| Kharkanen | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kharkenen | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kharkonin | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kärkänen | 75 | 7 | / |
| Karkanin | 75 | 1 | / |
| Karkunin | 75 | 1 | / |
| Karkhanin | 71 | 247 | / |
| Kerkkänen | 71 | 176 | / |
| Kärkkänen | 71 | 63 | / |
| Karkhanyn | 71 | 24 | / |
| Kharkanyn | 71 | 16 | / |
| Karkunion | 71 | 6 | / |
| Karkhanina | 67 | 543 | / |
| Karkhanyna | 67 | 40 | / |
| Korkunin | 63 | 2 | / |
| Korkkanen | 59 | 14 | / |
| Kerkkanen | 59 | 4 | / |
| Korkhanin | 59 | 1 | / |
| Korkhanina | 56 | 3 | / |
| Korkhanyna | 56 | 1 | / |
| Korcanin | 50 | 9 | / |
Karkonen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karkonen in the Russian language | ||
| Карконен | karkonen | - |
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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 Karkonen
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