Peykan Surname
Approximately 725 people bear this surname
Peykan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 715 | 1:107,388 | 10,343 |
| Turkey | 6 | 1:12,970,237 | 144,247 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Peykan (75) may also be a first name.
Peykan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peykan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Peykan is more commonly found in Iran than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peykan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Peykan is the 464,720th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 10,051,787 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Peykan are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,116,575th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 75 people.
It is most frequent in Iran, where it is carried by 715 people, or 1 in 107,388. In Iran Peykan is primarily found in: Sistan and Baluchestan Province, where 17 percent reside, Fars Province, where 17 percent reside and Alborz Province, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Iran this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Peykan
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