Jacan Surname
Approximately 1,376 people bear this surname
Jacan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,360 | 1:28,705 | 3,953 |
| Romania | 11 | 1:1,825,261 | 53,941 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
The alternate forms: Jačan (28) are calculated separately.
Jacan (68) may also be a first name.
Jacan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jacan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jacan is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Jačan. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jacan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jacan is the 280,606th most numerous last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,296,182 people. The surname Jacan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Jacan reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 84 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Jacan is also the 1,181,159th most widely held forename world-wide, borne by 68 people.
The surname Jacan is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 1,360 people, or 1 in 28,705. In Uganda Jacan is primarily concentrated in: Nebbi District, where 43 percent reside, Zombo District, where 37 percent reside and Kiryandongo District, where 5 percent reside. Other than Uganda this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 1 percent reside and India, 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 Jacan
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