Morkan Surname

565,092nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 560 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Ireland

Morkan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morkan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey3471:224,26916,006
Ireland841:56,0593,870
Russia351:4,117,802198,221
Ukraine331:1,379,476113,823
United States261:13,940,728505,428
England101:5,571,806158,774
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
India51:153,413,076951,030
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland611:72,6215,284
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Morkan (41) may also be a first name.

Morkan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Morkan (Arabic: موركان, Russian: Моркан) is found most in Turkey. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Morkan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 565,092nd most commonly held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 13,013,475 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 56 percent of Morkan live; 53 percent live in West Asia and 53 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Morkan is also the 1,590,275th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 41 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is carried by 347 people, or 1 in 224,269. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 17 percent reside, Bursa Province, where 14 percent reside and Artvin Province, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Turkey Morkan occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 15 percent reside and Russia, where 6 percent reside.

Morkan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Morkan has changed over time. In Ireland the number of people carrying the Morkan last name increased 138 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 650 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Morkan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Morkan surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the political party.

Morkan earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 94.38% more than the national average, earning $83,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Morkan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Morkan in the Russian language
Морканmorkan-
Morkan in the Arabic language
موركانmwrkan-

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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 Morkan
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