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
Vakan (Hindi: वाकं, Marathi: वकन, Russian: Вакан) is more frequently found in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Vakán. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vakan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,839,022nd most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Vakan are found; 57 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Mande Africa. Vakan is also the 844,248th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 122 people.
Vakan is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 404,758. In The Ivory Coast it is mostly found in: Montagnes District, where 96 percent are found, Comoé District, where 2 percent are found and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in India, where 27 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent are found.
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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