Doğancan Surname

1,061,269th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 235 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Doğancan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Doğancan 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
Turkey2341:332,57021,243
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Dogancan (4) are calculated separately.

Doğancan (1,691) may also be a first name.

Doğancan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Doğancan has its highest incidence in Turkey. It may also appear in the variant forms: Dogancan. Click here for further possible spellings of Doğancan.

How Common Is The Last Name Doğancan? popularity and diffusion

Doğancan is the 1,061,269th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 31,010,834 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 57 percent of Doğancan live; 57 percent live in West Asia and 57 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 187,009th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 1,691 people.

It is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is carried by 234 people, or 1 in 332,570. In Turkey Doğancan is most numerous in: Istanbul Province, where 46 percent reside, Erzurum Province, where 9 percent reside and Sakarya Province, where 9 percent reside. Other than Turkey this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 0 percent reside.

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
Dogancan964/
Dogan Can822/
Douanchanh781/
Doğangün751,620/
Dogankan7547/
Dogangan751/
Dugancan751/
Doganay Can741/
Dokanikani6715/
Ducncan672/
Dogan Ogan671/
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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 Doğancan
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