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
Karkonen (Russian: Карконен) is more commonly found in Russia than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Kärkönen. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karkonen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,506,728th most frequently used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name Karkonen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Karkonen reside; 44 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 44 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.
This last name is most frequently used in Russia, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 4,969,761. In Russia Karkonen is primarily concentrated in: Republic of Karelia, where 55 percent live, Vologda Oblast, where 14 percent live and Saint Petersburg, where 10 percent live. Excluding Russia this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs 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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