Duncane Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Latvia

Duncane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Duncane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1571:109,03912,664
Latvia331:62,1239,312
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England21:27,859,030389,889
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Duncane (555) may also be a first name.

Duncane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Duncane occurs most in Malawi. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Duncane.

How Common Is The Last Name Duncane? popularity and diffusion

The last name Duncane is the 1,198,640th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 36,992,619 people. The last name Duncane occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Duncane live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Duncane is also the 357,157th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 555 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Outside of Malawi this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Latvia, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Duncane Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Duncane has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Duncane last name decreased 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Duncane
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