Korkun Surname
Approximately 299 people bear this surname
Korkun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 289 | 1:269,278 | 18,228 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
The alternate forms: Körkün (4) are calculated separately.
Korkun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Korkun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Korkun (Russian: Коркун) is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Körkün. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Korkun? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 895,817th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 24,373,063 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Korkun reside; 95 percent reside in West Asia and 95 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
This surname is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is borne by 289 people, or 1 in 269,278. In Turkey it is primarily found in: Adana Province, where 69 percent reside, Mersin Province, where 16 percent reside and Aydin Province, where 5 percent reside. Barring Turkey this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 1 percent reside and Russia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Korkunc | 92 | 23 | / |
| Khorkun | 92 | 14 | / |
| Korkhun | 92 | 11 | / |
| Korkund | 92 | 1 | / |
| Korkoun | 92 | 1 | / |
| Körkün | 89 | 4 | / |
| Khorkhun | 86 | 8 | / |
| Karkun | 83 | 427 | / |
| Kurkun | 83 | 68 | / |
| Korkon | 83 | 8 | / |
| Korcun | 83 | 7 | / |
| Kerkun | 83 | 6 | / |
| Corkun | 83 | 2 | / |
| Korkum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Korkunova | 80 | 1,156 | / |
| Kurkunc | 77 | 103 | / |
| Kharkun | 77 | 78 | / |
| Kurkaun | 77 | 9 | / |
| Karkune | 77 | 5 | / |
| Korkoon | 77 | 3 | / |
| Corkhun | 77 | 3 | / |
| Kurkung | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kurkund | 77 | 1 | / |
| Korkhum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Karrkun | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khurkun | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kherkun | 77 | 1 | / |
| Korkhunova | 75 | 46 | / |
| Khorkunova | 75 | 29 | / |
| Kharkhun | 71 | 207 | / |
| Karkheun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Karkunova | 67 | 626 | / |
| Korcum | 67 | 135 | / |
| Karcun | 67 | 23 | / |
| Kürkün | 67 | 13 | / |
| Kurkunova | 67 | 8 | / |
| Karkushyn | 67 | 3 | / |
| Corkon | 67 | 0 | / |
Korkun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Korkun in the Russian language | ||
| Коркун | korkun | - |
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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 Korkun
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