Šakan

surname · Latin script

Šakan is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Serbia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: saquer, saccager ; agresser.

rarermore common
  • HRCroatia1 in 184K(measured from records)
  • RSSerbia≈1 in 260K
  • PLPoland1 in 19M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Šakan itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Serbia (inferred from the name graph)

≈27 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
13 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 184K (inferred from the name graph)

Croatia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ŠakanLatin(measured from records)
СаканCyrillic(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

saquer, saccager ; agresser

Sources 1

  • Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Šakan 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.

Where Šakan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RS Serbia≈27 est.≈1 in 260K—Šakan13
HR Croatia231 in 184K23Šakan10
IN India51 in 265M5—1
PL Poland21 in 19M2——
GY Guyana1as Shakan1 in 750K1——

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: DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Šakan is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Sakan

  • English given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Germany, India

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Sakan, Zakan

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Sakan, 사칸

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Šakan
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)202123#21,595
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)202119—

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Šakan mean, and where does it come from?
saquer, saccager ; agresser Recorded by Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003).
In which country does Šakan have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 27 people named Šakan in Serbia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled šakan.
Where is Šakan most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Šakan is densest in Croatia — about 1 in 184 thousand people — even though Serbia holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Šakan?
In Croatia, the national register counted 23 people named Šakan in 2021, about 1 in 184 thousand residents.

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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, “Šakan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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