Wilkan Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Wilkan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wilkan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Wilkan (30) may also be a first name.

Wilkan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wilkan is more frequently found in Australia than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wilkan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wilkan is the 6,360,413th most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Wilkan occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 44 percent of Wilkan reside; 44 percent reside in Australasia and 44 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand. Wilkan is also the 1,911,214th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 30 people.

This last name is most widely held in Australia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 6,748,925. In Australia Wilkan is most common in: New South Wales, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Australia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent live and Greece, where 11 percent live.

Wilkan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wilkan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 82 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Willkan928/
Wilckane861/
Wilkon8395/
Wilcan8339/
Welkan831/
Billkan7716/
Wilkonn7710/
Wilkomn776/
Willkon775/
Wlekhan771/
Wilkong771/
Wilkein770/
Vlkan731/
Blkan731/
Wilkeing712/
Wilcaine711/
Vilkanth711/
Willkomn711/
Vilcan671,156/
Bilcan67468/
Wilkoń67162/
Wilcon6745/
Welkon675/
Velkan673/
Vilkon672/
Wylcan671/
Welcan671/
Uilcan671/

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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 Wilkan
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