Taşkan Surname
Approximately 6,139 people bear this surname
Taşkan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 6,073 | 1:12,814 | 1,630 |
| Northern Cyprus | 64 | 1:4,985 | 982 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Taskan (119) are calculated separately.
Taşkan (19) may also be a first name.
Taşkan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taşkan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Taşkan (Hindi: तसकन, Marathi: कन) occurs in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Taskan. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Taşkan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 79,463rd most common last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,187,090 people. The last name Taşkan is primarily found in Asia, where 83 percent of Taşkan are found; 83 percent are found in West Asia and 83 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held first name globally, held by 19 people.
It is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is carried by 6,073 people, or 1 in 12,814. In Turkey Taşkan is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 21 percent are found, Ankara Province, where 9 percent are found and Mardin Province, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Turkey this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent are found and Azerbaijan, where 0 percent are found.
Taşkan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Taşkan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Taşkan last name decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taskan | 94 | 119 | / |
| Taşcan | 83 | 1,345 | / |
| Taskane | 77 | 45 | / |
| Tashkan | 77 | 36 | / |
| Tazkhan | 77 | 35 | / |
| Thaskan | 77 | 10 | / |
| Taskhan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tatskan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Taskhane | 71 | 18 | / |
| Tascıkan | 71 | 14 | / |
| Taskhang | 71 | 8 | / |
| Tashkand | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tashkain | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tashkane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thashkan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tascan | 67 | 84 | / |
| Toskan | 67 | 73 | / |
| Taskanova | 67 | 46 | / |
| Tozkan | 67 | 44 | / |
| Taskon | 67 | 16 | / |
| Toškan | 67 | 7 | / |
| Tazcan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tăşcan | 67 | 1 | / |
Taşkan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Taşkan in the Marathi language | ||
| कन | kana | - |
| Taşkan in the Hindi language | ||
| तसकन | tasakana | 66.67 |
| तस्कान | taskana | 33.33 |
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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 Taşkan
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