Samarkan Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kazakhstan
Highest density in:
Kazakhstan

Samarkan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samarkan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kazakhstan281:631,51843,439
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Kyrgyzstan31:1,990,88579,765
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Samarkan (158) may also be a first name.

Samarkan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Samarkan (Russian: Самаркан) is found most frequently in Kazakhstan. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Samarkan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,909,720th most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 76 percent of Samarkan reside; 69 percent reside in Central Asia and 69 percent reside in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia. It is also the 730,165th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 158 people.

The last name is most frequent in Kazakhstan, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 631,518. In Kazakhstan it is most frequent in: East Kazakhstan Region, where 32 percent are found, Almaty, where 29 percent are found and Akmola Region, where 14 percent are found. Besides Kazakhstan this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent are found and Kyrgyzstan, where 7 percent are found.

Samarkan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.

Phonetically Similar Names

Samarkan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Samarkan in the Russian language
Самарканsamarkan-

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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 Samarkan
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