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Around the world, Vulkan (Vulcan , Vulcano , Vulkan ) is a rare principally masculine, but scarcely female forename. The first name Vulkan is habitual in Romania, where it is a rare masculine name, Italy, where it is a rare predominantly masculine, but very seldom girly name, and Turkey, where it is a very rare largely masculine, but seldom female name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Italy, Romania, and India. More prevalently, Vulkan is the last name as well as the forename.
Vulkan is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Vulcan , the fictional extraterrestrial species in Star Trek, The Cage; Vulcan Raven , the character in Metal Gear; Vulcan , the character from Disney's Fantasia, The Pastoral Symphony; Vulcan , the comic character and Vulcan , the comic character by DC Comics.