Durkan
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈdɝkən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Durkan is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Lancs. from Mac Duarcáin, see Durkin .
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 147K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 1M
- IEIreland≈1 in 30K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 168 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 30K (inferred from the name graph)
≈840 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Ireland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): Lancs. from Mac Duarcáin, see Durkin .
Sources 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Where in the world(measured from records)
Durkan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR Türkiye | ≈840 est. | ≈1 in 98K | — | Durkan | 6 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈450 est. | ≈1 in 147K | — | Durkan | 115 |
| US United States | 317 | 1 in 1M | 334 | Durkan | 168 |
| GH Ghana | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 145K | — | Durkan | 2 |
| IE Ireland | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Durkan | 69 |
| AU Australia | ≈89 est. | ≈1 in 287K | — | Durkan | 52 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- John Durkanb. 1914GBScottish historian (1914-2006)
- Jack Durkanb. 1915GBassociation football player
- Frank Durkanb. 1930IEAmerican lawyer (1930-2006)
- Bernard Durkanb. 1945IEIrish politician
- Jenny Durkanb. 1958USAmerican lawyer, mayor of Seattle
- Mark Durkanb. 1960GBpolitician from Northern Ireland (born 1960)
- Kieron Durkanb. 1973GBassociation football player (1973-2018)
- Mark H. Durkanb. 1978GBNorthern Irish politician (born 1978)
- John DurkanIrish servant and witness of a religious apparition (1855–c.1925x35)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 334 | #64,360 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 318 | #59,453 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 317 | #63,068 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Durkan mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): Lancs. from Mac Duarcáin, see Durkin . Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
- How do you pronounce Durkan?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈdɝkən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Durkan have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 839 people named Durkan in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled durkan.
- How common is the name Durkan?
- In the United States, the national register counted 317 people named Durkan in 2010, about 1 in 1.0 million residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/durkanThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Durkan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.