Colán Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Colán Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Colan (5,264), Colàn (2), Čolan (112) & Ćolan (1) are calculated separately.
Colán Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Colán Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Colán is found most in Peru. It may also be rendered as: Colan, Colàn, Čolan or Ćolan. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Colán? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most frequent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Colán occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Colán live; 88 percent live in South America and 63 percent live in Andean South America.
This surname is most commonly held in Peru, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 6,356,825. In Peru it is mostly concentrated in: Ayacucho Region, where 40 percent are found, Amazonas Region, where 20 percent are found and Arequipa Region, where 20 percent are found. Without taking into account Peru this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Colán
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