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/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

The surname de Can is the 3,485,539th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of de Can are found; 63 percent are found in Western Europe and 56 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name de Can is most widely held in Belgium, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 605,087. In Belgium de Can is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 95 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Belgium this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 16 percent are found and Spain, where 16 percent are found.

de Can Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of de Can has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the de Can surname grew 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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