Zankan Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Zankan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zankan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria181:9,841,264197,192
Liberia101:440,85421,753
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Zankan (11) may also be a first name.

Zankan Last Name Facts

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

Zankan (Marathi: झंकन) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zankan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,944,094th most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Zankan reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 48 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 11 people.

The last name Zankan is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Kaduna, where 83 percent reside, Bauchi, where 6 percent reside and Benue, where 6 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 23 percent reside and The United States, where 20 percent reside.

Zankan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Zankan are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

Zankan earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6% less than the national average, earning $40,562 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Zankan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zankan in the Marathi language
झंकनjhankana-

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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 Zankan
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