Bišćan Surname

444,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 767 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Bišćan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bišćan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia7441:5,684778
Serbia171:420,29118,230
Slovenia31:829,22525,091
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Biščan (154), Biscan (771), Bişçan (9) & Biscán (1) are calculated separately.

Bišćan Last Name Facts

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

Bišćan is carried by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Biščan, Biscan, Bişçan or Biscán. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bišćan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bišćan is the 444,963rd most widespread last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 9,501,364 people. The surname Bišćan is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bišćan reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in Croatia, where it is carried by 744 people, or 1 in 5,684. In Croatia it is mostly concentrated in: City of Zagreb, where 33 percent are found, Karlovac County, where 23 percent are found and Zagreb County, where 14 percent are found. Other than Croatia this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 2 percent are found and Slovenia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Biščan94154/
Bićan9128/
Biscan89771/
Bişçan899/
Biscán831/
Bican734,947/
Bizan73539/
Bičan73359/
Vićan7331/
Biţan736/
Baizan671,119/
Baican671,012/
Bichan67948/
Bitzan67553/
Buican67487/
Bizhan67353/
Bitsan6764/
Bicean6761/
Boizan6754/
Bidzan6740/
Bicain6736/
Boican6736/
Bizsan6724/
Beizan6724/
Bician6716/
Bizzan6712/
Biczan6712/
Bitcan6710/
Buizan679/
Bicsan678/
Beican674/
Biščanová672/
Bicaan671/
Bidsan671/
Biezan671/
Boiţan671/

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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 Bišćan
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