Tekan Surname
Approximately 645 people bear this surname
Tekan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 318 | 1:32,502 | 4,260 |
| India | 179 | 1:4,285,281 | 113,539 |
| Turkey | 39 | 1:1,995,421 | 69,208 |
| Indonesia | 33 | 1:4,007,551 | 204,828 |
| Northern Cyprus | 24 | 1:13,292 | 3,416 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Tekán (23) are calculated separately.
Tekan (2,289) may also be a first name.
Tekan Demographics
Average Tekan Salary in
South Africa
R 31,476
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Tekan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tekan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tekan (Georgian: თეკან, Hindi: टेकन, Marathi: टेकन, Oriya: େଟକନ, Russian: Текан) is most common in Benin. It can also occur as a variant: Tekán. Click here for other possible spellings of Tekan.
How Common Is The Last Name Tekan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 507,898th most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 11,298,521 people. Tekan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of Tekan are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tekan is also the 155,874th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 2,289 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 318 people, or 1 in 32,502. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Mono Department, where 43 percent are found, Kouffo Department, where 27 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin this surname exists in 19 countries. It is also found in India, where 28 percent are found and Turkey, where 6 percent are found.
Tekan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Tekan has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tekan Last Name Statistics demography
Tekan earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 86.75% less than the national average, earning R 31,476 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tekan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tekan in the Georgian language | ||
| თეკან | tekan | - |
| Tekan in the Hindi language | ||
| टेकन | tekana | 98.75 |
| टेकना | tekana | 1.25 |
| Tekan in the Marathi language | ||
| टेकन | tekana | 94.38 |
| टेकान | tekana | 3.21 |
| टेकण | tekana | 0.8 |
| तेकन | tekana | 0.8 |
| टेकाम | tekama | 0.8 |
| Tekan in the Oriya language | ||
| େଟକନ | etakana | 75 |
| େଟକାନ | etakana | 25 |
| Tekan in the Russian language | ||
| Текан | tekan | - |
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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 Tekan
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