Gacan Surname
Approximately 403 people bear this surname
Gacan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 245 | 1:54,906 | 2,420 |
| Poland | 88 | 1:431,918 | 44,930 |
| India | 35 | 1:21,916,154 | 310,282 |
| Turkey | 24 | 1:3,242,559 | 89,463 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Gačan (51) & Gaćan (1) are calculated separately.
Gacan (206) may also be a first name.
Gacan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gacan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gacan (Hindi: गचन) is more commonly found in Somalia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Gačan or Gaćan. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gacan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gacan is the 722,496th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,083,240 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Gacan are found; 61 percent are found in East Africa and 61 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 630,600th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, borne by 206 people.
This surname is most widespread in Somalia, where it is borne by 245 people, or 1 in 54,906. Beside Somalia Gacan is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 22 percent are found and India, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gacan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gacan in the Hindi language | ||
| गचन | gacana | - |
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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 Gacan
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