Family name بركان (بركان 
, Burkan 
, Barkan 
) , around the world, is quite a common last name. The cognomen بركان is habitual in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is quite a common surname, Montenegro, and Israel, where it is quite a rare surname. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Morocco, Algeria, and Turkey. Also, بركان is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| بركان | Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Iraq, Algeria |
| Burkan | Germany, Turkey, Israel, Iraq, United States |
| Barkan | Morocco, Turkey, Israel, United States, Algeria |
| Brkan | Morocco, Bosnia and Herzegovina, United States, Algeria, Croatia |