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 surname Morkan (Arabic: موركان, Russian: Моркан) is found most in Turkey. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Morkan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 565,092nd most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 13,013,475 people. Morkan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 56 percent of Morkan are found; 53 percent are found in West Asia and 53 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 1,590,275th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 41 people.

The last name is most frequently held 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 live, Bursa Province, where 14 percent live and Artvin Province, where 10 percent live. Other than Turkey it is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 15 percent live and Russia, where 6 percent live.

Morkan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Morkan has changed through the years. In Ireland the number of people who held the Morkan last name grew 138 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 650 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Morkan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Morkan surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Morkan surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 71.43% registered to vote for the 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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  • 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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