Descan Surname
Approximately 277 people bear this surname
Descan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 138 | 1:83,309 | 13,076 |
| Moldova | 117 | 1:30,439 | 4,859 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Descan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Descan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Descan (Arabic: ديسكان) is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Descan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Descan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Descan is the 945,594th most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. The last name Descan occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Descan are found; 56 percent are found in Western Europe and 49 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name Descan is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is held by 138 people, or 1 in 83,309. In Belgium it is most common in: Flemish Region, where 99 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Belgium it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Moldova, where 42 percent are found and France, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Descan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Descan in the Arabic language | ||
| ديسكان | dyskan | - |
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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 Descan
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