Karkyan Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Karkyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 40 | 1:1,919,563 | 69,574 |
| Lebanon | 31 | 1:181,841 | 8,070 |
Karkyan Demographics
Karkyan Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Karkyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karkyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karkyan occurs most in Iran. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Karkyan.
How Common Is The Last Name Karkyan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karkyan is the 2,255,512th most widespread last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. The last name Karkyan is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Karkyan are found; 56 percent are found in South Asia and 56 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.
It is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 1,919,563. In Iran it is most frequent in: Isfahan Province, where 30 percent live, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 28 percent live and Tehran Province, where 23 percent live. Aside from Iran it exists in one country. It is also found in Lebanon, where 44 percent live.
Karkyan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Karkyan surname is principally Armenian Apostolic (87%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaurkyan | 93 | 129 | / |
| Karkjyan | 93 | 53 | / |
| Karkujyan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Korkyan | 86 | 63 | / |
| Karkian | 86 | 1 | / |
| Karkean | 86 | 1 | / |
| Korkjyan | 80 | 136 | / |
| Kourkyan | 80 | 33 | / |
| Karkjian | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kharkiang | 75 | 234 | / |
| Kharkhian | 75 | 2 | / |
| Carkhjyan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kahrkiang | 75 | 1 | / |
| Carkeiyan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kerkian | 71 | 29 | / |
| Korkian | 71 | 24 | / |
| Qarqyan | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kourkian | 67 | 24 | / |
| Karchian | 67 | 20 | / |
| Korkjian | 67 | 8 | / |
| Quarkian | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kerkjean | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koorkian | 67 | 1 | / |
| Korkejian | 63 | 15 | / |
| Kourkjian | 63 | 10 | / |
| Kerkejian | 63 | 1 | / |
| Korkegian | 63 | 1 | / |
| Keurkjian | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kourkchian | 59 | 8 | / |
| Kourkijian | 59 | 1 | / |
| Korcjan | 57 | 8 | / |
| Qorqyan | 57 | 4 | / |
| Corkian | 57 | 2 | / |
| Carquian | 53 | 23 | / |
| Korchian | 53 | 2 | / |
| Kourchian | 50 | 3 | / |
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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 Karkyan
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