Gencan Surname
Approximately 1,015 people bear this surname
Gencan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1,001 | 1:77,744 | 7,144 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Gençan (2) are calculated separately.
Gencan (2,160) may also be a first name.
Gencan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gencan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gencan is found in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Gençan. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gencan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gencan is the 357,522nd most frequent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 7,179,848 people. The surname Gencan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 92 percent of Gencan reside; 92 percent reside in West Asia and 92 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Gencan is also the 161,384th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 2,160 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is held by 1,001 people, or 1 in 77,744. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Ankara Province, where 28 percent reside, Istanbul Province, where 10 percent reside and Bursa Province, where 8 percent reside. Besides Turkey this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent reside and Austria, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Gencan
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