Around the world, بركان (بركان 
, Burkan 
, Barkan 
) is quite a common dominantly masculine, but uncommonly feminine first name. The first name بركان is habitual in Libya, where it is quite a common largely male, but infrequently female name, Iraq, where it is quite a rare mostly masculine, but seldom girly name, and Egypt. Likewise, بركان is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| بركان | Libya, Algeria, Iraq, Sudan, Egypt |
| Burkan | Israel, United States, Iraq, Turkey, Germany |
| Barkan | Israel, Algeria, United States, Morocco, Turkey |
| Brkan | Algeria, United States, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Morocco |