Zulkarnan Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Zulkarnan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zulkarnan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia161:1,843,38974,511
Pakistan151:11,909,59253,778
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Zulkarnan (207) may also be a first name.

Zulkarnan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zulkarnan (Russian: Зулькарнан) is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zulkarnan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,485,539th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Zulkarnan live; 50 percent live in Southeast Asia and 50 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Zulkarnan is also the 629,010th most commonly used given name on earth, borne by 207 people.

The last name Zulkarnan is most common in Malaysia, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 1,843,389. In Malaysia it is primarily found in: Selangor, where 31 percent are found, Kuala Lumpur, where 25 percent are found and Penang, where 25 percent are found. Barring Malaysia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 47 percent are found and Nigeria, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Zulkarnan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zulkarnan in the Russian language
Зулькарнанzulkarnan-

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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 Zulkarnan
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