Shinkan Surname

628,294th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 487 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Shinkan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shinkan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan4351:293,89511,022
United States471:7,711,892346,147
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Shinkan (2,071) may also be a first name.

Shinkan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shinkan (Russian: Шинкан) is held by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shinkan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 628,294th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 14,964,160 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 89 percent of Shinkan live; 89 percent live in East Asia and 89 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 165,645th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 2,071 people.

The surname is most widespread in Japan, where it is borne by 435 people, or 1 in 293,895. In Japan Shinkan is mostly found in: Yamagata Prefecture, where 34 percent live, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 23 percent live and Tokyo Metropolis, where 11 percent live. Excluding Japan this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 10 percent live and Russia, where 1 percent live.

Shinkan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Shinkan last name are 9.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.25% registered with the party.

Shinkan earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.34% more than the national average, earning $45,020 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Shinkan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shinkan in the Russian language
Шинканsinkan-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Shinkan
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis