Gürcan Surname

40,940th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,781 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Gürcan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gürcan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey12,5901:6,181870
Germany851:947,12366,306
Northern Cyprus331:9,6672,436
Sweden261:378,72126,697
Austria231:370,23639,193
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Gurcan (206) are calculated separately.

Gürcan (12,762) may also be a first name.

Gürcan Last Name Facts

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

Gürcan is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Gurcan. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gürcan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 40,940th most commonly used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 570,186 people. The last name Gürcan occurs mostly in Asia, where 89 percent of Gürcan live; 89 percent live in West Asia and 89 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 51,940th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 12,762 people.

Gürcan is most frequent in Turkey, where it is held by 12,590 people, or 1 in 6,181. In Turkey Gürcan is primarily found in: Ankara Province, where 14 percent reside, Istanbul Province, where 12 percent reside and Manisa Province, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Turkey this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 1 percent reside and Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gurcan94206/
Gürchan921/
Gürkan8319,284/
Gürsan83760/
Gürcen8372/
Gürşan8327/
Gircan8324/
Gorcan833/
Gürçağan712/
Gurkan67352/
Gürçam67267/
Gürson6797/
Gurzan6774/
Gürsen6724/
Gorkan6712/
Gurcam679/
Gursan679/
Gorcon673/
Girsan672/
Girzan672/
Gurqan672/
Gurcon671/
Girkan670/

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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 Gürcan
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