Brčan Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Brčan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Brčan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia31:829,22525,091
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143

The alternate forms: Brcan (136) & Brćan (5) are calculated separately.

Brčan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brčan is held by more people in Slovenia than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Brcan or Brćan. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brčan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Brčan is the 8,193,072nd most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Brčan occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Brčan live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Slovenia, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 829,225. In Slovenia it is mostly concentrated in: Central Sava, where 33 percent live, Central Slovenia, where 33 percent live and Upper Carniola, where 33 percent live. Not including Slovenia Brčan occurs in one country. It also occurs in Croatia, where 40 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brcan93136/
Brćan935/
Brčon807/
Brchan7345/
Brczan731/
Vrcan60338/
Vrčon60184/
Vrzan6095/
Brzon6062/
Brzen601/
Brczán5538/
Brtson559/
Brdsen555/
Brczon551/
Bårdsen50906/
Wrdshan501/
Brdsong501/
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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 Brčan
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