In all the world, Ашкан (Ashkan 
, Ашкан 
) is quite a common principally masculine, but very seldom feminine first name. The given name Ашкан is habitual in Iran, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Iraq, where it is quite a rare dominantly boy's, but infrequently female name, and United Arab Emirates, where it is quite a rare male name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Much less frequently, Ашкан is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Ashkan | Sweden, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, United States |
| Ашкан | Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia |