Yarkun Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Liberia

Yarkun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yarkun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine581:784,87479,393
Liberia71:629,79127,063
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Yarkun (31) may also be a first name.

Yarkun Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yarkun (Russian: Яркун) is more commonly found in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yarkun? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,220,661st most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The last name Yarkun is predominantly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Yarkun are found; 85 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 85 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,874,099th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 31 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Ukraine, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 784,874. In Ukraine it is most common in: Ternopil Oblast, where 67 percent live, Lviv Oblast, where 17 percent live and Kherson Oblast, where 7 percent live. Besides Ukraine Yarkun occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 10 percent live and Russia, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yorkun83183/
Yarkon83101/
Jarkun838/
Yarkoum771/
Jarkuin771/
Yarkhunova7527/
Ayyorkun7125/
Yorkum6714/
Jarkon672/
Yorkon671/
Iorkun671/
Eyorkon625/
Jarkhon621/
Iorkaun621/
Ijorkgun573/
Iharkhon571/
Giorgkoun531/
Jorkon507/
Jarcon504/
Iorkum501/
Yorcon501/

Yarkun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yarkun in the Russian language
Яркунarkun-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Yarkun
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