Benčan Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Benčan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 68 | 1:36,583 | 6,928 |
| Croatia | 29 | 1:145,814 | 20,021 |
The alternate forms: Bencan (260) are calculated separately.
Benčan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benčan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benčan is found most in Slovenia. It can occur as a variant: Bencan. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benčan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,882,912th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. Benčan occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Benčan live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Slovenia, where it is held by 68 people, or 1 in 36,583. In Slovenia Benčan is primarily concentrated in: Littoral-Inner Carniola, where 93 percent reside, Central Slovenia, where 4 percent reside and Savinja, where 1 percent reside. Not including Slovenia it exists in one country. It is also common in Croatia, where 30 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bencan | 94 | 260 | / |
| Benzan | 83 | 1,718 | / |
| Benţan | 83 | 3 | / |
| Benzann | 77 | 5 | / |
| Bencian | 77 | 3 | / |
| Benzain | 77 | 2 | / |
| Biencan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Benchan | 77 | 0 | / |
| Bentsan | 77 | 0 | / |
| Benciang | 71 | 17 | / |
| Benchane | 71 | 6 | / |
| Benchain | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bhenchan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bentsane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Benzon | 67 | 3,984 | / |
| Bincan | 67 | 277 | / |
| Benzen | 67 | 130 | / |
| Benzán | 67 | 70 | / |
| Bencon | 67 | 26 | / |
| Bencen | 67 | 19 | / |
| Venzan | 67 | 4 | / |
| Binzan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wenzan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Benchaane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wencan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uencan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bencanova | 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 Benčan
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