Zankan Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Zankan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Zankan (11) may also be a first name.
Zankan Demographics
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Zankan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zankan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zankan (Marathi: झंकन) is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zankan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,944,094th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Zankan live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zankan is also the 3,487,849th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 11 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria Zankan is most numerous in: Kaduna, where 83 percent live, Bauchi, where 6 percent live and Benue, where 6 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.
Zankan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Zankan surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political 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
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zankan in the Marathi language | ||
| झंकन | jhankana | - |
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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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