Ancan Surname
Approximately 1,533 people bear this surname
Ancan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 932 | 1:18,902 | 1,244 |
| India | 391 | 1:1,961,804 | 67,718 |
| Argentina | 71 | 1:602,020 | 42,723 |
| Philippines | 69 | 1:1,467,221 | 103,651 |
| Poland | 23 | 1:1,652,554 | 91,394 |
| Israel | 14 | 1:611,260 | 42,949 |
| Latvia | 9 | 1:227,783 | 22,848 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Ančan (16) & Ancán (1) are calculated separately.
Ancan (916) may also be a first name.
Ancan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ancan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ancan is most common in Chile. It may be rendered as: Ančan or Ancán. For other potential spellings of Ancan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ancan? popularity and diffusion
Ancan is the 257,026th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 4,753,781 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Ancan live; 66 percent live in South America and 65 percent live in Hispanic Southern America. It is also the 267,824th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 916 people.
It is most widespread in Chile, where it is carried by 932 people, or 1 in 18,902. In Chile it is mostly found in: Araucanía Region, where 41 percent reside, Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 38 percent reside and Bío Bío Region, where 12 percent reside. Beside Chile it occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in India, where 26 percent reside and Argentina, where 5 percent reside.
Ancan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Ancan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ancan surname declined 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Ancan
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