Family name يكن (Yakan 
, يكن 
) , around the globe, is a common surname. The last name يكن is habitual in Turkey, where it is quite a rare surname, Cameroon, and Lebanon. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Turkey, Japan, and Cameroon. Very seldom, يكن is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Yakan | Japan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Turkey, Cameroon |
| يكن | Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran |
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وليُّ الدين بن حسن سري بن إبراهيم باشا يكن born 1873; died 1921, EG (b. 1873) |
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احمد مدحت يكن Egyptian Foreign Minister, EG (b. 1878) |
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| فتحي يكن Lebanese Islamic cleric-politician, LB (b. 1933) |
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| يكن حسين association football player, EG (b. 1934) |
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محمد الحبيب يكن Tunisian association football player, TN (b. 1994) |
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| هشام يكن Egyptian footballer and manager, EG (b. 1962) |
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| فهد يكن Syrian singer, SY |
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| أحمد حيدر مدحت يكن Egyptian notable of the first half of the 20th century, EG |
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| نورس يكن Syrian poet, SY (b. 1990) |
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