Sarakan Surname
Approximately 1,366 people bear this surname
Sarakan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 1,039 | 1:67,987 | 8,752 |
| Indonesia | 215 | 1:615,113 | 48,757 |
| Philippines | 80 | 1:1,265,478 | 96,721 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sarakan (478) may also be a first name.
Sarakan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sarakan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sarakan (Hindi: सरकन, Marathi: सारकन, Russian: Саракан) is more frequently found in Thailand than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sarakan.
How Common Is The Last Name Sarakan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 282,260th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,334,953 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 84 percent of Sarakan are found; 83 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 76 percent are found in Tai-Asia. It is also the 389,041st most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 478 people.
Sarakan is most frequently occurring in Thailand, where it is held by 1,039 people, or 1 in 67,987. In Thailand Sarakan is mostly concentrated in: Ubon Ratchathani Province, where 38 percent are found, Sa Kaeo Province, where 22 percent are found and Sakon Nakhon Province, where 20 percent are found. Excluding Thailand this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 16 percent are found and The Philippines, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sarakan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sarakan in the Marathi language | ||
| सारकन | sarakana | 80 |
| सरकान | sarakana | 20 |
| Sarakan in the Hindi language | ||
| सरकन | sarakana | 75 |
| सराकन | sarakana | 25 |
| Sarakan in the Russian language | ||
| Саракан | sarakan | - |
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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 Sarakan
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