Etchan Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Etchan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 71 | 1:324,947 | 11,901 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Etchan (48) may also be a first name.
Etchan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Etchan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Etchan occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Etchan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,203,767th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Etchan live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Etchan is also the 1,448,253rd most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 48 people.
The surname Etchan is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 324,947. In The Ivory Coast Etchan is most common in: Comoé District, where 87 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 11 percent are found and Lacs District, where 1 percent are found. Other than The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 3 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Etchan
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