Nekan Surname
Approximately 280 people bear this surname
Nekan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 87 | 1:1,520,106 | 102,006 |
| Pakistan | 86 | 1:2,077,254 | 19,688 |
| Ivory Coast | 79 | 1:292,041 | 11,081 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Nekan (2,422) may also be a first name.
Nekan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nekan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nekan (Hindi: नेकां, Oriya: େନକନ, Russian: Некан) is found in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nekan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 937,786th most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,026,950 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 63 percent of Nekan live; 31 percent live in Southeast Asia and 31 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Nekan is also the 150,582nd most common first name at a global level It is held by 2,422 people.
Nekan is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 1,520,106. In Indonesia Nekan is mostly concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 85 percent reside and West Java, where 15 percent reside. Besides Indonesia this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 31 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 28 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nekan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nekan in the Oriya language | ||
| େନକନ | enakana | - |
| Nekan in the Hindi language | ||
| नेकां | nekam | 85.71 |
| नेकन | nekana | 14.29 |
| Nekan in the Russian language | ||
| Некан | nekan | - |
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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 Nekan
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