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) occurs in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Morkan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Morkan is the 565,092nd most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,013,475 people. The last name 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 frequent forename on earth, held by 41 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is borne by 347 people, or 1 in 224,269. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 17 percent live, Bursa Province, where 14 percent live and Artvin Province, where 10 percent live. Barring Turkey this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 15 percent live and Russia, where 6 percent live.

Morkan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Morkan has changed over time. In Ireland the number of people bearing the Morkan surname rose 138 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 650 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Morkan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Morkan last name are 24.66% more likely to be registered Republicans 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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  • 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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