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
Ancan is found most frequently in Chile. It may also be found as a variant: Ančan or Ancán. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ancan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 257,026th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,753,781 people. Ancan occurs mostly in The Americas, where 66 percent of Ancan reside; 66 percent reside in South America and 65 percent reside in Hispanic Southern America. Ancan is also the 267,824th most commonly occurring forename world-wide. It is borne by 916 people.
The last name Ancan is most widespread in Chile, where it is borne by 932 people, or 1 in 18,902. In Chile it is primarily concentrated in: Araucanía Region, where 41 percent are found, Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 38 percent are found and Bío Bío Region, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Chile this last name occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in India, where 26 percent are found and Argentina, where 5 percent are found.
Ancan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence 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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