Bitans Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Bitans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bitans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia491:41,8386,373
Poland151:2,533,917108,409
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Bitāns (2) are calculated separately.

Bitans Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bitans Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bitans is found most in Latvia. It may occur in the variant forms: Bitāns. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bitans? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,273,756th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name Bitans is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Bitans are found; 70 percent are found in Northern Europe and 70 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Latvia, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 41,838. In Latvia it is most numerous in: Kurzeme Planning Region, where 59 percent reside, Semigallia, where 27 percent reside and Riga Planning Region, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Latvia Bitans exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 21 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bitāns942/
Beitans92441/
Witans834/
Vitans833/
Betans831/
Voitans7747/
Beytans779/
Bittons771/
Bitanze771/
Bettans771/
Beitāns771/
Betanse771/
Wistans770/
Wittans770/
Withans770/
Witthans7170/
Weithans711/
Withanse710/
Whitthans672/
Witaicens671/
Vitanz671/

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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 Bitans
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