Gorčan Surname

1,795,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 105 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Gorčan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gorčan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia631:39,4877,291
Croatia411:103,13716,264
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Gorcan (3) & Görcan (51) are calculated separately.

Gorčan Last Name Facts

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

Gorčan is borne by more people in Slovenia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Gorcan or Görcan. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gorčan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,795,579th most widespread family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. The surname Gorčan occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gorčan reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Gorčan is most prevalent in Slovenia, where it is borne by 63 people, or 1 in 39,487. In Slovenia it is mostly concentrated in: Mura, where 78 percent live, Savinja, where 17 percent live and Central Slovenia, where 2 percent live. Apart from Slovenia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 39 percent live and Serbia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gorcan943/
Görcan8951/
Gorzan83109/
Horčan838/
Gorţan831/
Gorzain7738/
Gorcsan7710/
Gorchan774/
Gorcian772/
Ghorzan771/
Orcan734,979/
Orzan731,984/
Arčan73111/
Orţan7362/
Orçan7334/
Ghorchan7111/
Goertzan714/
Gorchane711/
Goorchan711/
Gourchane67452/
Garzan67286/
Gurcan67206/
Gorzon67169/
Gorzen67161/
Gerzan67123/
Gurzan6774/
Orchan6742/
Garcan6741/
Horčanová6710/
Horzan673/
Gorcen673/
Gorcon673/
Horcan672/
Orczan672/
Hôrčan671/
Ohrzan671/
Orcean671/
Orcian671/
Ourcan670/

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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 Gorčan
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