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) occurs more in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Descan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 945,594th most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 26,308,830 people. Descan is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Descan reside; 56 percent reside in Western Europe and 49 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Descan is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is borne by 138 people, or 1 in 83,309. In Belgium it is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 99 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Belgium this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Moldova, where 42 percent live and France, where 6 percent live.
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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