Koken Surname
Approximately 33,922 people bear this surname
Koken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 33,255 | 1:3,844 | 644 |
| United States | 184 | 1:1,969,886 | 126,972 |
| Netherlands | 119 | 1:141,909 | 21,612 |
| Kazakhstan | 84 | 1:210,506 | 19,350 |
| Papua New Guinea | 79 | 1:103,212 | 13,927 |
| France | 62 | 1:1,071,334 | 116,831 |
| Germany | 58 | 1:1,388,025 | 86,120 |
| Australia | 20 | 1:1,349,785 | 70,688 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
The alternate forms: Köken (11,636) & Kökén (1) are calculated separately.
Koken (3,855) may also be a first name.
Koken Demographics
Average Koken Salary in
United States
$56,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Koken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koken (Russian: Кокен) is found in Japan more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Köken or Kökén. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koken? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 16,374th most widespread family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 214,832 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Koken live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 113,101st most widespread given name world-wide It is held by 3,855 people.
This last name is most frequent in Japan, where it is borne by 33,255 people, or 1 in 3,844. In Japan it is mostly found in: Hyōgo Prefecture, where 26 percent are found, Osaka Prefecture, where 9 percent are found and Tokyo Metropolis, where 6 percent are found. Barring Japan this last name exists in 30 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 0 percent are found.
Koken Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Koken last name are 11.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.62% registered with the party.
Koken earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 30.65% more than the national average, earning $56,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koken Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koken in the Russian language | ||
| Кокен | koken | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Koken
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