Across the world, Erkine (Еркин 
, Ёркин 
, Erkine 
) is a common male first name. The given name Erkine is characteristic of Kazakhstan, where it is quite a common masculine name, Azerbaijan, and Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a rare dominantly masculine, but uncommonly girly name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Uzbekistan. Very seldom, Erkine is the last name as well as the forename.