Explore the Family Name Barkan

The meaning of Barkan

Jewish (from Belarus): from an Aramaic patronymic phrase bar Kahana ‘son of a descendant of the high priest’ (see Cohen). Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Aron, Nir, Ari, Bluma, Moisey, Mordecai, Moshe, Nissin.

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How common is the last name Barkan in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Barkan had a minor decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of the name dropped by 1.09% from 33,090 in 2000 to 33,450 in 2010. However, the count or the number of individuals with the Barkan name increased by 4.6%, from 652 in 2000 to 682 in 2010. Despite this increase, the proportion per 100,000 people slightly decreased by 4.17%, indicating that while more people carried the name, it did not grow in popularity at the same pace as the general population.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#33,090	#33,450	-1.09%
Count	652	682	4.6%
Proportion per 100k	0.24	0.23	-4.17%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Barkan

When discussing the ethnic identity associated with the surname Barkan, data drawn from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that most individuals identifying with this name are of White ethnicity, though there was a slight decrease of 1.39% between 2000 and 2010. The Asian/Pacific Islander identification saw an increase of 23.36% over the same decade, but still represents a small percentage of those with the Barkan name. There was also a new appearance of multi-racial and Hispanic ethnic identities within this surname group in 2010, whereas these categories were not present in the 2000 data. For the Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native categories, the data was suppressed for privacy.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.39%	96.04%	-1.39%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.07%	1.32%	23.36%
Hispanic	0%	1.17%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0.88%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%