Amacan Surname
Approximately 315 people bear this surname
Amacan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 310 | 1:326,575 | 45,074 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Amacan (17) may also be a first name.
Amacan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amacan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amacan (Arabic: اماسيان) is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amacan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 862,604th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 23,135,066 people. The last name Amacan occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Amacan live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 98 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,694,839th most widely held given name worldwide, borne by 17 people.
The surname Amacan is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is borne by 310 people, or 1 in 326,575. In The Philippines Amacan is most numerous in: Western Visayas, where 42 percent reside, Calabarzon, where 21 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 16 percent reside. Not including The Philippines this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amacan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amacan in the Arabic language | ||
| اماسيان | amasyan | - |
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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 Amacan
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