Guacan Surname

397,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 887 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Ecuador

Guacan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Guacan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia5531:86,3913,364
Ecuador3291:48,3464,648
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Guacán (6) are calculated separately.

Guacan Last Name Facts

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

Guacan is held by more people in Colombia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Guacán. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Guacan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Guacan is the 397,164th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 8,215,948 people. The surname Guacan occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Guacan live; 100 percent live in South America and 62 percent live in Caribbean South America.

This surname is most prevalent in Colombia, where it is borne by 553 people, or 1 in 86,391. In Colombia Guacan is mostly concentrated in: Nariño Department, where 67 percent are found, Valle del Cauca Department, where 14 percent are found and Putumayo Department, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Colombia Guacan exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Ecuador, where 37 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Guacan Last Name Statistics demography

Guacan earn significantly less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 25.71% less than the national average, earning $16,866,000 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guacán946/
Guaican921/
Guaicain8627/
Guaicayn864/
Guacon8362/
Guakan8334/
Cuacan833/
Guocan832/
Quacan831/
Guacone7730/
Cuaycan774/
Guacoin771/
Guaycong712/
Guadkhan711/
Guascoine6723/
Kuakan6716/
Gwakan675/
Kwacan672/
Guakam672/
Cuacon671/
Quacam671/
Quakan671/
Gbacon671/

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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 Guacan
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