Globally, ארקן (Ercan 
, Arkan 
, ארקן 
) is a widespread male forename. The first name ארקן is habitual in Western Asia, particularly Turkey, where it is a common masculine name, Iraq, where it is quite a common predominantly masculine, but very seldom female name, and Israel, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Turkey, Iraq, and Indonesia. Likewise, ארקן is the last name as well as the forename.