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 held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Koukan? popularity and diffusion
Koukan is the 349,967th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,987,101 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Koukan reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Koukan is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring forename worldwide, borne by 17 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is carried by 1,010 people, or 1 in 76,022. In Iran Koukan is most common 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 it exists in 5 countries. It is also found 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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