Vokan Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Vokan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
The alternate forms: Vokán (2) are calculated separately.
Vokan (31) may also be a first name.
Vokan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vokan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vokan (Marathi: वोकण, Russian: Вокан) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Vokán. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vokan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,957,383rd most widely held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname Vokan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Vokan live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly held first name globally, held by 31 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Adamawa, where 92 percent reside and Lagos, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 20 percent reside and India, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vokan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vokan in the Marathi language | ||
| वोकण | vokana | - |
| Vokan in the Russian language | ||
| Вокан | vokan | - |
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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 Vokan
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