Gulchan Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Philippines

Gulchan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gulchan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727

Gulchan (243) may also be a first name.

Gulchan Last Name Facts

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

Gulchan (Hindi: गुलचन, Marathi: गुलचन, Oriya: ଗୁଲଟନ) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gulchan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most widespread last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Gulchan is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Gulchan are found; 75 percent are found in South Asia and 50 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Gulchan is also the 573,164th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 243 people.

Gulchan is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 255,688,461. In India Gulchan is mostly found in: Bihar, where 33 percent reside, Jammu and Kashmir, where 33 percent reside and Telangana, where 33 percent reside. Not including India this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 25 percent reside.

Gulchan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Gulchan last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gulchan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gulchan in the Oriya language
ଗୁଲଟନgulatana-
Gulchan in the Marathi language
गुलचनgulacana-
Gulchan in the Hindi language
गुलचनgulacana90
गूलचनgulacana5
गुलचन्द्रgulacandra5

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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 Gulchan
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