Yılkan Surname
Approximately 254 people bear this surname
Yılkan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 253 | 1:307,595 | 20,037 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
Yılkan (10) may also be a first name.
Yılkan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yılkan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yılkan is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Yılkan.
How Common Is The Last Name Yılkan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,003,904th most widespread family name internationally, held by around 1 in 28,691,126 people. Yılkan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 81 percent of Yılkan live; 81 percent live in West Asia and 81 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Yılkan is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent given name internationally, held by 10 people.
It is most widely held in Turkey, where it is held by 253 people, or 1 in 307,595. In Turkey Yılkan is most frequent in: Agri Province, where 40 percent live, Van Province, where 21 percent live and Istanbul Province, where 18 percent live. Excluding Turkey this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yılıkan | 92 | 5 | / |
| Yilkan | 83 | 47 | / |
| Yolkan | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ylkhan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Oylekan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Elkan | 73 | 1,244 | / |
| Ilkan | 73 | 1,133 | / |
| Yllkahan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yilekaan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ilkhan | 67 | 1,554 | / |
| Ilkkan | 67 | 102 | / |
| Elkaan | 67 | 71 | / |
| Elkhan | 67 | 47 | / |
| Elkane | 67 | 26 | / |
| Jlekan | 67 | 19 | / |
| Elkann | 67 | 11 | / |
| Helkan | 67 | 9 | / |
| Yolcan | 67 | 8 | / |
| Elkain | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ilkcan | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ylkhanova | 67 | 3 | / |
| Elkank | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elkang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yilkon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gelkan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elkand | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ilkane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jlkhan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hilkan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yilcan | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Yılkan
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