Bakans Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Bakans Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 20 | 1:102,502 | 14,510 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
The alternate forms: Bakāns (1) are calculated separately.
Bakans Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakans Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bakans is most common in Latvia. It may also be rendered as: Bakāns. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakans? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,228,735th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. Bakans occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Bakans are found; 95 percent are found in Northern Europe and 89 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
This last name is most frequently used in Latvia, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 102,502. In Latvia it is primarily concentrated in: Semigallia, where 50 percent live, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 35 percent live and Latgale, where 10 percent live. Other than Latvia this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Estonia, where 32 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakāns | 94 | 1 | / |
| Backans | 92 | 13 | / |
| Bakanse | 92 | 1 | / |
| Bakansh | 92 | 1 | / |
| Bakhans | 92 | 0 | / |
| Backhans | 86 | 77 | / |
| Beakhans | 86 | 0 | / |
| Bokans | 83 | 43 | / |
| Bacans | 83 | 39 | / |
| Bekans | 83 | 0 | / |
| Bascans | 77 | 291 | / |
| Bakanze | 77 | 17 | / |
| Bakhams | 77 | 3 | / |
| Bockans | 77 | 3 | / |
| Boukans | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bakouns | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bakanch | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bekkans | 77 | 1 | / |
| Backāns | 77 | 1 | / |
| Backons | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bakanje | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bakamse | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bekcans | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bokanse | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bekeans | 77 | 0 | / |
| Bodkans | 77 | 0 | / |
| Beckhans | 71 | 25 | / |
| Bockhans | 71 | 13 | / |
| Boykains | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bacons | 67 | 16 | / |
| Becans | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bokāns | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bocans | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bacāns | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bécans | 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
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- 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 Bakans
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