Zakan Surname
Approximately 329 people bear this surname
Zakan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Poland | 58 | 1:655,323 | 57,058 |
| Iran | 52 | 1:1,476,587 | 59,047 |
| Spain | 44 | 1:1,062,546 | 38,570 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Zakan (67) may also be a first name.
Zakan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zakan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zakan (Marathi: झाकान, Russian: Закан) is found most frequently in Morocco. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zakan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 837,371st most frequently used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,150,595 people. Zakan is primarily found in Africa, where 47 percent of Zakan reside; 41 percent reside in North Africa and 41 percent reside in Mahgreb. Zakan is also the 1,191,548th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 67 people.
This last name is most widely held in Morocco, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 253,501. Other than Morocco it occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 18 percent live and Iran, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zakan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zakan in the Marathi language | ||
| झाकान | jhakana | - |
| Zakan in the Russian language | ||
| Закан | zakan | - |
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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 Zakan
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