Avcan Surname
Approximately 335 people bear this surname
Avcan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 284 | 1:274,019 | 18,456 |
| Northern Cyprus | 39 | 1:8,180 | 1,959 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
The alternate forms: Avçan (1) are calculated separately.
Avcan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Avcan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Avcan occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Avçan. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Avcan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 827,165th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 21,753,868 people. Avcan occurs mostly in Asia, where 72 percent of Avcan are found; 72 percent are found in West Asia and 72 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
The last name is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is carried by 284 people, or 1 in 274,019. In Turkey Avcan is most frequent in: Manisa Province, where 24 percent are found, Istanbul Province, where 19 percent are found and Konya Province, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Turkey this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 12 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avçan | 93 | 1 | / |
| Gavchan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Avkan | 80 | 997 | / |
| Afcan | 80 | 88 | / |
| Abcan | 80 | 6 | / |
| Apcan | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ovcan | 80 | 3 | / |
| Avcon | 80 | 2 | / |
| Havzan | 73 | 55 | / |
| Avjean | 73 | 42 | / |
| Eavzan | 73 | 6 | / |
| Gabcan | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ovchan | 73 | 4 | / |
| Avcoin | 73 | 3 | / |
| Avdzan | 73 | 3 | / |
| Habcan | 73 | 3 | / |
| Abcang | 73 | 2 | / |
| Avcone | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awchan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gavzan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Afchan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gavcon | 73 | 1 | / |
| Afchain | 67 | 742 | / |
| Avdzhan | 67 | 29 | / |
| Abtchan | 67 | 6 | / |
| Habchan | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aivzian | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ahbchan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awtchan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avdjean | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Avcan
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