Jacana Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Jacana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
The alternate forms: Jaçana (1) & Jacaña (1) are calculated separately.
Jacana (167) may also be a first name.
Jacana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jacana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jacana occurs more in Suriname more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Jaçana or Jacaña. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jacana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Jacana reside; 56 percent reside in South America and 44 percent reside in Gallo-Germanic South America. It is also the 708,111th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world It is held by 167 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Suriname, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 138,154. Without taking into account Suriname it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 11 percent are found and The Philippines, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Jacana
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