Bascan Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Bascan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 11 | 1:323,761 | 25,884 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Başcan (389), Bascán (1) & Baščan (28) are calculated separately.
Bascan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bascan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bascan is found in Moldova more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Başcan, Bascán or Baščan. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bascan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,034,050th most common surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Bascan occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Bascan live; 46 percent live in Eastern Europe and 46 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Moldova, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 323,761. In Moldova it is most frequent in: Fălești District, where 100 percent reside. Besides Moldova this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 25 percent reside and The Philippines, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Bascan
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