Meskan Surname

1,144,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 210 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Turkey

Meskan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meskan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1201:3,020,491176,226
Turkey851:915,54642,769
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

The alternate forms: Meškan (49) & Meškán (17) are calculated separately.

Meskan (1,766) may also be a first name.

Meskan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Meskan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Meskan (Marathi: कन) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Meškan or Meškán. Click here for other potential spellings of Meskan.

How Common Is The Last Name Meskan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,144,405th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 34,702,600 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Meskan reside; 57 percent reside in North America and 57 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 182,133rd most frequently used given name in the world, borne by 1,766 people.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 3,020,491. In The United States Meskan is most frequent in: Illinois, where 33 percent live, Minnesota, where 23 percent live and Nevada, where 11 percent live. Not including The United States it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 40 percent live and Czechia, where 1 percent live.

Meskan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Meskan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Meskan last name grew 545 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Meskan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Meskan last name are 14.77% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.54% registered with the political party.

Meskan earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.56% less than the national average, earning $42,906 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meškan9449/
Meshkan92165/
Metskan92147/
Meskane92146/
Meskhan9212/
Meskain922/
Meškán8917/
Measkhan865/
Meskatin861/
Meschkan861/
Mieszkan861/
Meyshkan861/
Maskan833,143/
Miskan83903/
Mescan8364/
Moskan839/
Meskon832/
Meschkank8014/
Metschkan801/
Meyskhand801/
Mytskan77689/
Mashkan7786/
Miskhan7777/
Mitskan7770/
Mescain7758/
Mechkan7755/
Moskhan7743/
Mishkan7740/
Miskane7720/
Maskhan7715/
Moshkan7713/
Miskaan7713/
Miskain771/
Muiskan771/
Mezkhan771/
Maskean771/
Meshkon771/
Muyskan771/
Meskone771/
Messkam771/
Meshkanova7537/
Mechkane71198/
Maschkan7110/
Meiskong714/
Mashkain714/
Meezkhan713/
Maezkhan712/
Mashkhan711/
Mitskane711/
Mhedzkan711/
Meskhoun711/
Miskhaan711/
Meschean710/
Mescam67387/
Moscan67316/
Mascan67216/
Miskon67121/
Maskon67110/
Maçkan67110/
Mescon6774/
Moskon6772/
Meškanová6765/
Miscan6762/
Mazkan6710/
Masqan679/
Mescanova672/
Messkeine671/
Mashshkan671/
Meţcan671/
Miskanova671/
Mashzkhan671/

Meskan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Meskan in the Marathi language
कनkana-

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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 Meskan
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