Clan Surname
Approximately 519 people bear this surname
Clan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Philippines | 133 | 1:761,190 | 74,637 |
| Cambodia | 132 | 1:117,327 | 2,528 |
| Liberia | 28 | 1:157,448 | 11,209 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Marshall Islands | 8 | 1:6,478 | 1,058 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 22 | 1:1,107,971 | 42,566 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 1:2,510,934 | 119,518 |
Clan (276) may also be a first name.
Clan Demographics
Average Male Clan Height
174.53 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Clan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Clan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Clan occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Clan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Clan is the 599,225th most frequent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 14,041,514 people. Clan occurs mostly in Asia, where 52 percent of Clan live; 51 percent live in Southeast Asia and 30 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 534,713th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 276 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Without taking into account Malawi this last name exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 26 percent live and Cambodia, where 25 percent live.
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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 Clan
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