Across the world, الكان (Alkan 
, الكان 
, Elkan ) is quite a common primarily masculine, but very infrequently female first name. The first name الكان is characteristic of Sudan, where it is quite a rare mostly male, but seldom feminine name, Turkey, where it is quite a rare male name, and Israel, where it is a rare male name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Turkey, Sudan, and India. More frequently, الكان is the last name as well as the forename.