Murakan Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Murakan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murakan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Murakan (122) may also be a first name.

Murakan Last Name Facts

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

Murakan (Hindi: मुरकान, Marathi: मुरकन) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Murakan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Murakan is the 8,968,613th most widespread surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 75 percent of Murakan live; 75 percent live in South Asia and 75 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 844,248th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 122 people.

The last name Murakan is most prevalent in India, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 255,688,461. In India Murakan is most prevalent in: Kerala, where 33 percent reside, Tamil Nadu, where 33 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 33 percent reside. Without taking into account India this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Murakan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Murakan in the Hindi language
मुरकानmurakana-
Murakan in the Marathi language
मुरकनmurakana72.73
मुरकानmurakana18.18
मुरकणmurakana9.09

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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 Murakan
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