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 also appear as: Biščan, Biscan, Bişçan or Biscán. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bišćan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 444,963rd most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 9,501,364 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bišćan reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Croatia, where it is held by 744 people, or 1 in 5,684. In Croatia it is mostly found in: City of Zagreb, where 33 percent reside, Karlovac County, where 23 percent reside and Zagreb County, where 14 percent reside. Barring Croatia this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 2 percent reside and Slovenia, where 0 percent reside.

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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