Warakan Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Warakan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Warakan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Warakan (97) may also be a first name.

Warakan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Warakan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Warakan (Arabic: واركان, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺭﻛﺎﻥ) is found most frequently in Thailand. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Warakan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Warakan? popularity and diffusion

Warakan is the 5,213,395th most frequent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. Warakan occurs mostly in Asia, where 64 percent of Warakan live; 64 percent live in Southeast Asia and 64 percent live in Tai-Asia. Warakan is also the 962,660th most common first name internationally, borne by 97 people.

This surname is most frequent in Thailand, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 7,848,705. In Thailand Warakan is mostly found in: Bangkok, where 44 percent reside, Sakon Nakhon Province, where 44 percent reside and Surat Thani Province, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Thailand this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 29 percent reside and Mauritania, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Warakan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Warakan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻭﺭﻛﺎﻥwrkan-
Warakan in the Arabic language
واركانwarkan-
وراكنwrakn-

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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
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