de Can Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Can Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Can 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
Belgium191:605,08754,956
England51:11,143,612252,590
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
France11:66,422,722504,397
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

de Can Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Can is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of de Can click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Can? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,485,539th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name de Can occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of de Can live; 63 percent live in Western Europe and 56 percent live in Germanic Europe.

de Can is most frequent in Belgium, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 605,087. In Belgium it is most common in: Flemish Region, where 95 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent live. Beside Belgium it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 16 percent live and Spain, where 16 percent live.

de Can Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of de Can has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the de Can surname expanded 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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
de Cian92482/
de Cang9270/
de Chan9244/
de Cean9240/
de Cann9235/
de Cant9221/
de Cain926/
de Cank921/
de Canc921/
de Cane921/
de Canck86172/
de Canne8687/
de Candt8648/
de Caine868/
de Chane862/
de Casin861/
de Cancq861/
de Canhs861/
de San832,086/
de Zan832,008/
de Kan83126/
de Con83102/
de Jan8317/
de Cón831/
de Cam830/
de Cassin8020/
de Chaine808/
de Canova806/
de Cianne801/
de Casien801/
des Chane801/
de Sain77320/
de Jean77174/
de Kant77113/
de Khan7765/
de Jane7720/
de Ciam7714/
de Cien7712/
de Cond7712/
de Quan7710/
de Zane775/
de Jaun774/
de Sean772/
de Kahn772/
de Cong772/
da Chan772/
di Chan772/
de Cone772/
de Kane771/
de Coin771/
de Gian771/
da Ckan771/
de Jaan771/
De-Cean771/
de Zhan771/
de Cont771/
de Coon770/
de Caussin7522/
des Chaine750/
de Coune7160/
de Quant7151/
der Khan7134/
de Zhang718/
des Jean714/
de Cosin712/
des Khan712/
de Tchon711/
de Quane711/
de Kaint711/
de Kandt711/
de Cione711/
de Jayne710/
de Count710/
de Zen671,023/
De-Kan67321/
da San67208/
di San6759/
da Con6722/
da Jan6715/
De-Zan6714/
de Jon677/
de Zam675/
De-San674/
de Cheine673/
de Zon672/
de Cottin672/
de Quaine672/
der Chein671/
di Cianne671/
de Com671/
de Zán671/
da Cen671/
de Cossin671/
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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 de Can
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