Verkane Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Verkane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 119 | 1:34,411 | 2,768 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Verkane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Verkane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Verkane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺮﻛﺎﻥ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Verkane.
How Common Is The Last Name Verkane? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,658,108th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Verkane live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
It is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 119 people, or 1 in 34,411. In Mauritania Verkane is most frequent in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 37 percent are found, Hodh Chargui Region, where 36 percent are found and Trarza Region, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania Verkane occurs in one country. It also occurs in Algeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Verkane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Verkane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺮﻛﺎﻥ | frkan | 97.67 |
| ﻓﺮﻛﺎﻧﺔ | frkant | 2.33 |
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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
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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 Verkane
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