Monkan Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Norway

Monkan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Monkan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast421:549,31516,834
Norway301:171,41020,526
United States251:14,498,357517,445
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582

Monkan (178) may also be a first name.

Monkan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Monkan is more frequently found in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Monkan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,727,723rd most numerous surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 38 percent of Monkan reside; 38 percent reside in West Africa and 34 percent reside in Mande Africa. It is also the 683,417th most frequently occurring forename world-wide It is held by 178 people.

Monkan is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 549,315. In The Ivory Coast Monkan is mostly found in: Woroba District, where 90 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 2 percent reside and Bas-Sassandra District, where 2 percent reside. Aside from The Ivory Coast Monkan exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 27 percent reside and The United States, where 22 percent reside.

Monkan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Monkan are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Monkan earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 16.81% less than the national average, earning 287,920 kr per year and in United States they earn 8.15% more than the national average, earning $46,664 USD per year.

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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 Monkan
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