Senkan Surname
Approximately 297 people bear this surname
Senkan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 215 | 1:594,625 | 15,792 |
| Thailand | 39 | 1:1,811,240 | 225,763 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
The alternate forms: Şenkan (461) are calculated separately.
Senkan (344) may also be a first name.
Senkan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Senkan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Senkan (Russian: Сенкан) is more frequently found in Japan than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Şenkan. Click here for further possible spellings of Senkan.
How Common Is The Last Name Senkan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 899,940th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 24,537,192 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 87 percent of Senkan live; 72 percent live in East Asia and 72 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Senkan is also the 470,492nd most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 344 people.
Senkan is most frequently held in Japan, where it is borne by 215 people, or 1 in 594,625. In Japan Senkan is most numerous in: Shiga Prefecture, where 47 percent reside, Iwate Prefecture, where 17 percent reside and Kagoshima Prefecture, where 15 percent reside. Besides Japan this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 13 percent reside and Estonia, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Senkan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Senkan in the Russian language | ||
| Сенкан | senkan | - |
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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 Senkan
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