Arcan Surname
Approximately 2,727 people bear this surname
Arcan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1,159 | 1:67,145 | 6,312 |
| Philippines | 862 | 1:117,446 | 20,263 |
| Romania | 157 | 1:127,885 | 13,987 |
| Moldova | 127 | 1:28,042 | 4,572 |
| Indonesia | 107 | 1:1,235,974 | 86,893 |
| United States | 67 | 1:5,409,835 | 270,257 |
| France | 52 | 1:1,277,360 | 130,443 |
| Northern Cyprus | 49 | 1:6,510 | 1,433 |
| England | 39 | 1:1,428,668 | 62,556 |
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Taiwan | 12 | 1:1,953,729 | 12,642 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
The alternate forms: Arčan (111) & Arcañ (10) are calculated separately.
Arcan (63,201) may also be a first name.
Arcan Demographics
Average Arcan Salary in
United States
$40,433 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Arcan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arcan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Arcan (Arabic: ارسيان) is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Arčan or Arcañ. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Arcan? popularity and diffusion
Arcan is the 159,970th most prevalent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,672,367 people. The last name Arcan occurs mostly in Asia, where 70 percent of Arcan are found; 35 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 33 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 15,191st most widely held first name in the world, held by 63,201 people.
It is most frequent in Turkey, where it is borne by 1,159 people, or 1 in 67,145. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 25 percent reside, Diyarbakir Province, where 14 percent reside and Izmir Province, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account Turkey this last name is found in 33 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 32 percent reside and Romania, where 6 percent reside.
Arcan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Arcan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Arcan last name rose 305 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Arcan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Arcan surname are 40.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 87.5% being registered with the party.
The amount Arcan earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 6.29% less than the national average, earning $40,433 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24% less than the national average, earning $37,757 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Arcan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arcan in the Arabic language | ||
| ارسيان | arsyan | - |
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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 Arcan
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