Çalkan Surname
Approximately 1,912 people bear this surname
Çalkan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1,911 | 1:40,723 | 4,188 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Calkan (44) are calculated separately.
Çalkan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Çalkan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Çalkan is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Calkan. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Çalkan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 215,000th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,811,478 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Çalkan are found; 83 percent are found in West Asia and 83 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
The last name Çalkan is most frequent in Turkey, where it is borne by 1,911 people, or 1 in 40,723. In Turkey Çalkan is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 16 percent are found, Ankara Province, where 15 percent are found and Antalya Province, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Turkey it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calkan | 94 | 44 | / |
| Salkan | 83 | 170 | / |
| Çolkan | 83 | 33 | / |
| Zalkan | 83 | 30 | / |
| Çalkam | 83 | 1 | / |
| Zalkhan | 77 | 38 | / |
| Salkhan | 77 | 37 | / |
| Chalkan | 77 | 19 | / |
| Zhalkan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Calkhan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saylkan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Salkain | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shalkan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Salkane | 77 | 1 | / |
| Calkain | 77 | 0 | / |
| Sayılkan | 71 | 577 | / |
| Sailekan | 71 | 4 | / |
| Shalkhan | 71 | 2 | / |
| Saslkhan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chalkang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Salhkhan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zalkahan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saulkhan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Salcan | 67 | 3,488 | / |
| Calcan | 67 | 1,247 | / |
| Solkan | 67 | 361 | / |
| Sayılıkan | 67 | 148 | / |
| Şalkam | 67 | 88 | / |
| Shalkhaan | 67 | 52 | / |
| Salkanova | 67 | 33 | / |
| Salkon | 67 | 10 | / |
| Colkan | 67 | 9 | / |
| Chalkhane | 67 | 4 | / |
| Salqan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zolkan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zalqan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chalkhaan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schalkhan | 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 Çalkan
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