de Kan Surname

1,604,449th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 126 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Kan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Kan 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
Netherlands1211:139,56321,355
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

de Kan Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Kan is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

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

This surname is the 1,604,449th most common last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 57,837,666 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of de Kan live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 121 people, or 1 in 139,563. In The Netherlands de Kan is most frequent in: South Holland, where 50 percent live, Limburg, where 15 percent live and Zeeland, where 11 percent live. Besides The Netherlands de Kan exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 2 percent live and Greece, where 1 percent live.

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 Kant92113/
de Khan9265/
de Kahn922/
de Kane921/
der Khan8634/
des Khan862/
de Kandt861/
de Kaint861/
De-Kan83321/
de Can8332/
de Cang7770/
da Khan7759/
de Cean7740/
de Cann7735/
de Cant7721/
di Khan7721/
de Quan7710/
de Keyn777/
de Cain776/
da Kane772/
de Kein771/
de Cank771/
de Canc771/
de Cane771/
da Ckan771/
de Canck71172/
de Canne7187/
de Quant7151/
de Candt7148/
de Caine718/
de Keyne717/
de Casin711/
da Kasin711/
de Canhs711/
de Keijn711/
de Cancq711/
da Katin711/
de Quane711/
da Kayne710/
de Keuhn710/
de Kom67128/
de Con67102/
de Cassin6720/
de Keijne6719/
de Canova676/
de Kassem672/
de Quaine672/
De-Kam671/
de Cón671/
de Casien671/
de Cam670/
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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 de Kan
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