Sylkan Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Sylkan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sylkan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine81:5,690,337241,823
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397

Sylkan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sylkan is most common in Ukraine. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sylkan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,063,924th most prevalent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Sylkan is primarily found in Europe, where 90 percent of Sylkan are found; 80 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 80 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

Sylkan is most frequently occurring in Ukraine, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 5,690,337. In Ukraine it is primarily found in: Kherson Oblast, where 38 percent are found, Mykolaiv Oblast, where 25 percent are found and Cherkasy Oblast, where 13 percent are found. Not including Ukraine this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 10 percent are found and France, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sylkane924/
Selkan8366/
Silkan8345/
Selkane77721/
Silkane77139/
Soelkan7766/
Silkhan7743/
Suelkan7718/
Selkhan774/
Silkand772/
Silkann770/
Selkhane71254/
Shilkane711/
Schelkan711/
Silcan67447/
Selcan67313/
Celkan67216/
Selkon6740/
Zelkan6718/
Shchelkan6713/
Sülcan673/
Silkon672/
Şilkan671/
Shelkhane671/
Selkanova671/

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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 Sylkan
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