Žan Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Žan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Žan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia351:71,0769,906
Bosnia and Herzegovina251:141,4569,707
Croatia101:422,86035,095
North Macedonia21:1,050,73626,362
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Zan (137,862), Žán (35), Zán (228), Zań (8), Zañ (3), Zãn (1) & Záň (512) are calculated separately.

Žan (8,593) may also be a first name.

Žan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Žan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Žan is most common in Slovenia. It may also be rendered as a variant: Zan, Žán, Zán, Zań, Zañ, Zãn or Záň. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Žan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,220,661st most prevalent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Žan live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe. Žan is also the 67,827th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 8,593 people.

The surname is most widely held in Slovenia, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 71,076. In Slovenia it is mostly found in: Upper Carniola, where 94 percent live, Central Slovenia, where 3 percent live and Savinja, where 3 percent live. Not including Slovenia this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 34 percent live and Croatia, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zan89137,862/
Žán8935/
Džan862/
Žaỉn861/
Zán78228/
Zań788/
Zañ783/
Zãn781/
San67713,972/
Jan67695,882/
Can67302,343/
Záň67512/
Žanova674/
Žon673/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Žan
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