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
Koken Political Affiliation
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Koken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koken (Russian: Кокен) has its highest incidence in Japan. It may be found as a variant: Köken or Kökén. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koken? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 16,374th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 214,832 people. Koken occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Koken are found; 98 percent are found in East Asia and 98 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Koken is also the 113,101st most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 3,855 people.
It is most numerous in Japan, where it is carried by 33,255 people, or 1 in 3,844. In Japan Koken is most common in: Hyōgo Prefecture, where 26 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 9 percent live and Tokyo Metropolis, where 6 percent live. Outside of Japan this surname exists in 30 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and The Netherlands, where 0 percent live.
Koken Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Koken surname are 11.85% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.62% being registered with the political 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
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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 Koken
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