Vakan Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Vakan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 57 | 1:404,758 | 13,812 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Vakán (144) are calculated separately.
Vakan (122) may also be a first name.
Vakan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vakan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vakan (Hindi: वाकं, Marathi: वकन, Russian: Вакан) occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Vakán. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vakan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,839,022nd most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Vakan live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Mande Africa. Vakan is also the 844,248th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 122 people.
The last name is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 404,758. In The Ivory Coast Vakan is primarily found in: Montagnes District, where 96 percent live, Comoé District, where 2 percent live and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 2 percent live. Excluding The Ivory Coast this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also found in India, where 27 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vakan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vakan in the Marathi language | ||
| वकन | vakana | - |
| Vakan in the Hindi language | ||
| वाकं | vakam | 47.5 |
| वकां | vakam | 20 |
| वाकां | vakam | 10 |
| वकण | vakana | 7.5 |
| वकं | vakam | 5 |
| वकन | vakana | 5 |
| वाकन | vakana | 2.5 |
| वकान | vakana | 2.5 |
| Vakan in the Russian language | ||
| Вакан | vakan | - |
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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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- 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 Vakan
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