Crecan Surname

794,916th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 354 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Crecan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Crecan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania3351:59,9347,264
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Crecan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Crecan is found in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Crecan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 794,916th most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 20,586,288 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Crecan reside; 95 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 95 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in Romania, where it is held by 335 people, or 1 in 59,934. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Sălaj County, where 55 percent live, Bihor County, where 16 percent live and Caraș-Severin County, where 10 percent live. Other than Romania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent live and Hungary, where 0 percent live.

Crecan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Crecan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Crecan Last Name Statistics demography

Crecan earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 34.82% less than the national average, earning $28,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Crecian9272/
Crechan928/
Creechan86181/
Creachan862/
Creacahn861/
Chrecian861/
Creţan83216/
Crăcan8346/
Cercan8318/
Krecan8310/
Crican836/
Circan835/
Crocan832/
Cresan832/
Crezan831/
Crecon830/
Cretchain8013/
Creason773,151/
Chircan77248/
Krechan7737/
Crecion7730/
Creizan7720/
Crichan7717/
Crockan7717/
Crisean777/
Cresant777/
Cretzan776/
Crician774/
Cercean774/
Crescon773/
Cresain771/
Craycan771/
Crokcan770/
Creezan770/
Creasan770/
Croizean7132/
Creacion7115/
Chresand7114/
Creasong7113/
Crockhan711/
Kreachan711/
Cregiane711/
Craiscan711/
Creachon711/
Crickhan711/
Creasont711/
Chrecien711/
Chrichan711/
Crickand711/
Crickain710/
Creajhan710/
Crisan6719,833/
Creson67892/
Kresan67808/
Kercan67347/
Krejan67231/
Crijan6780/
Cerkan6769/
Cirkan6754/
Cricon6750/
Krezan6744/
Crezen6726/
Krekan6720/
Srekan6714/
Krocan6712/
Kircan6710/
Crizan6710/
Krican677/
Srejan677/
Srican677/
Krečan675/
Cercon673/
Criseatin673/
Krecanova673/
Cracon673/
Kracan672/
Cryzan672/
Cristchan672/
Kreickant671/
Kreichane671/
Crocon671/
Crizen671/
Crakon671/
Circon671/
Sresan671/
Chryciane671/
Crysan671/
Kretschan670/

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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
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  • 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 Crecan
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