Selkan Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Selkan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Cyprus | 48 | 1:6,646 | 1,474 |
| Turkey | 14 | 1:5,558,673 | 112,907 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Selkan (120) may also be a first name.
Selkan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selkan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Selkan occurs in Northern Cyprus more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Selkan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,352,516th most frequently used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 82 percent of Selkan live; 82 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 82 percent live in East Thrace and Karpass. Selkan is also the 852,104th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 120 people.
The surname Selkan is most numerous in Northern Cyprus, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 6,646. In Northern Cyprus it is mostly concentrated in: Gazimağusa District, where 85 percent are found and Lefkoşa District, where 15 percent are found. Not including Northern Cyprus this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 21 percent are found and India, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selkane | 92 | 721 | / |
| Soelkan | 92 | 66 | / |
| Suelkan | 92 | 18 | / |
| Selkhan | 92 | 4 | / |
| Slkan | 91 | 1 | / |
| Selkhane | 86 | 254 | / |
| Schelkan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Selcan | 83 | 313 | / |
| Celkan | 83 | 216 | / |
| Silkan | 83 | 45 | / |
| Selkon | 83 | 40 | / |
| Jelkan | 83 | 20 | / |
| Zelkan | 83 | 18 | / |
| Slekan | 83 | 10 | / |
| Sylkan | 83 | 10 | / |
| Gelkan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Shchelkan | 80 | 13 | / |
| Shelkhane | 80 | 1 | / |
| Selkanova | 80 | 1 | / |
| Silkane | 77 | 139 | / |
| Silkhan | 77 | 43 | / |
| Slekahn | 77 | 11 | / |
| Sylkane | 77 | 4 | / |
| Silkand | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gellkan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Silkann | 77 | 0 | / |
| Selkhanova | 75 | 16 | / |
| Scelkanova | 75 | 10 | / |
| Slcan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Schelkanova | 71 | 424 | / |
| Shlekain | 71 | 6 | / |
| Shilkane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Silcan | 67 | 447 | / |
| Celcan | 67 | 250 | / |
| Selcon | 67 | 21 | / |
| Jlekan | 67 | 19 | / |
| Zilkan | 67 | 7 | / |
| Sülcan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Selcanova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Silkon | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zlkhan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Şilkan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jlkhan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jelcan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Clekan | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Selkan
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