Soukan Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Soukan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Soukan (1,033) may also be a first name.
Soukan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soukan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Soukan (Arabic: صوقان, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻜﺎﻥ, Hindi: सौकन) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Soukan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,213,395th most widespread family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 57 percent of Soukan reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 50 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 249,584th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 1,033 people.
The last name Soukan is most commonly held in Iran, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 10,968,932. In Iran Soukan is most prevalent in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 100 percent reside. Not including Iran this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 21 percent reside and Algeria, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soukan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soukan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻜﺎﻥ | skan | - |
| Soukan in the Hindi language | ||
| सौकन | saukana | - |
| Soukan in the Arabic language | ||
| صوقان | swqan | - |
| سوقان | swqan | - |
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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 Soukan
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