Brancan Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Brancan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brancan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
England11:55,718,059489,080
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

The alternate forms: Brančan (10) & Brançan (3) are calculated separately.

Brancan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Brancan occurs in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Brančan or Brançan. Click here for further potential spellings of Brancan.

How Common Is The Last Name Brancan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,360,413th most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. Brancan occurs mostly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Brancan reside; 67 percent reside in South America and 67 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The surname is most numerous in Brazil, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 35,679,055. In Brazil Brancan is most prevalent in: São Paulo, where 100 percent reside. Not including Brazil this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 11 percent reside and Portugal, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Brancan
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis