Family name Bakan (Bacan 
, Bakani 
, Bakan 
) , around the globe, is quite a common cognomen. The surname Bakan is characteristic of Fiji, where it is quite a common surname, Botswana, and Papua New Guinea, where it is quite a rare surname. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Philippines, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Indonesia. Also, Bakan is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Bacan | Philippines, India, Brazil, Romania, Indonesia |
| Bakani | Philippines, Zimbabwe, Papua New Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, India |
| Bakan | Philippines, India, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Germany |
| Бакан | Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus |
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abigail bakan Canadian political writer, CA (b. 1954) |
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joel bakan Canadian writer, musician, filmmaker and legal scholar, CA (b. 1959) |
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| david bakan American psychologist, US (b. 1921) |
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murat bakan politician, TR (b. 1972) |
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seda bakan Turkish actress, TR (b. 1985) |
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| nurten bakan researcher |
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| ayse berivan bakan researcher |
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| gokhan bakan researcher |
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| nur dilek bakan researcher (ORCID 0000-0001-6841-2800) |
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| george bakan LGBT activist |
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| gülfem bakan researcher |
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| ebubekir bakan researcher |
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| gulcan bakan researcher |
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| hacer öz bakan Ph.D. Middle East Technical University 2017 |
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| bénédicte bakan researcher (ORCID 0000-0001-9088-1232) |
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