Koukan Surname
Approximately 1,043 people bear this surname
Koukan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,010 | 1:76,022 | 7,851 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Koukan (17) may also be a first name.
Koukan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koukan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koukan (Arabic: كوقان) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koukan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 349,967th most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 6,987,101 people. The last name Koukan is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Koukan are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 17 people.
Koukan is most frequently used in Iran, where it is borne by 1,010 people, or 1 in 76,022. In Iran it is mostly found in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 21 percent live, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, where 18 percent live and Fars Province, where 13 percent live. Aside from Iran this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 2 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koukan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koukan in the Arabic language | ||
| كوقان | kwqan | - |
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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 Koukan
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