Buckan Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Buckan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 47 | 1:1,712,882 | 99,068 |
| Guyana | 10 | 1:76,222 | 5,818 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
The alternate forms: Buçkan (40) are calculated separately.
Buckan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buckan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buckan is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Buçkan. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Buckan? popularity and diffusion
Buckan is the 2,255,512th most numerous last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Buckan are found; 66 percent are found in Western Europe and 66 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Buckan is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 1,712,882. In Germany Buckan is primarily concentrated in: Saxony, where 70 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 23 percent live and Bavaria, where 4 percent live. Besides Germany Buckan occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Guyana, where 14 percent live and The Dominican Republic, where 6 percent live.
Buckan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Buckan has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 79 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Buckan
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