Kachan Surname
Approximately 16,094 people bear this surname
Kachan Surname User-submission:
This name originates from Kachani in Lebanon.
Kachan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 7,354 | 1:6,190 | 667 |
| Belarus | 4,029 | 1:2,358 | 193 |
| Russia | 3,792 | 1:38,007 | 5,159 |
| India | 167 | 1:4,593,206 | 118,643 |
| Kazakhstan | 155 | 1:114,081 | 12,229 |
| Brazil | 89 | 1:2,405,330 | 73,774 |
| United States | 80 | 1:4,530,737 | 237,840 |
| Uzbekistan | 71 | 1:435,622 | 10,503 |
| Canada | 63 | 1:584,851 | 48,473 |
| Thailand | 51 | 1:1,385,066 | 192,885 |
| Israel | 39 | 1:219,427 | 20,804 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Bulgaria | 25 | 1:279,156 | 14,366 |
| Niger | 25 | 1:767,681 | 17,983 |
| Transnistria | 19 | 1:24,984 | 4,311 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 14 | 1:426,618 | 34,019 |
| Argentina | 14 | 1:3,053,101 | 127,728 |
| Spain | 12 | 1:3,896,003 | 72,236 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Moldova | 4 | 1:890,342 | 46,069 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
The alternate forms: Kaçhan (245) are calculated separately.
Kachan (5,956) may also be a first name.
Kachan Surname Meaning
Kachan Demographics
Kachan Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Kachan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kachan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kachan (Bengali: কাচন, Hindi: कचन, Marathi: काचन, Oriya: କାଚନ, Russian: Качан) is held by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Kaçhan. For other potential spellings of Kachan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kachan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 32,994th most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 452,811 people. The last name Kachan is mostly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Kachan live; 84 percent live in Eastern Europe and 84 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 86,069th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 5,956 people.
It is most numerous in Ukraine, where it is carried by 7,354 people, or 1 in 6,190. In Ukraine Kachan is most frequent in: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 12 percent live, Zaporizhia Oblast, where 11 percent live and Kiev, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Ukraine this last name is found in 46 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 25 percent live and Russia, where 24 percent live.
Kachan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Orthodox (85%) in Russia, Orthodox (88%) in Belarus and Orthodox (81%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Kachan surname are 14.15% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 60.92% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kachan earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 14.56% less than the national average, earning $36,867 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.88% less than the national average, earning $48,250 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kachan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kachan in the Bengali language | ||
| কাচন | kacana | - |
| Kachan in the Hindi language | ||
| कचन | kacana | 96.8 |
| कंचन | kancana | 1.45 |
| कचंन | kacanna | 0.73 |
| ंचन | ncana | 0.24 |
| काचन | kacana | 0.24 |
| कचान | kacana | 0.18 |
| कॅचन | kecana | 0.18 |
| कच्ान | kacana | 0.06 |
| कचॅन | kacena | 0.06 |
| Kachan in the Oriya language | ||
| କାଚନ | kacana | 48.39 |
| କଚନ | kacana | 29.03 |
| କାଚାନ୍ | kacan | 9.68 |
| କାଚାନ | kacana | 6.45 |
| କଚାନ | kacana | 3.23 |
| କଚନ୍ | kacan | 3.23 |
| Kachan in the Marathi language | ||
| काचन | kacana | 47.87 |
| कांचन | kancana | 30.85 |
| कचन | kacana | 7.71 |
| कंचन | kancana | 4.52 |
| काचंन | kacanna | 3.99 |
| काचान | kacana | 1.06 |
| िकरण | ikarana | 1.06 |
| काचनाने | kacanane | 0.27 |
| खान | khana | 0.27 |
| िकसन | ikasana | 0.27 |
| कचान | kacana | 0.27 |
| काचण | kacana | 0.27 |
| काचनाय | kacanaya | 0.27 |
| छगन | chagana | 0.27 |
| कंाचन | kamacana | 0.27 |
| काचनापा | kacanapa | 0.27 |
| कां़चन | kamcana | 0.27 |
| चौहान | cauhana | 0.27 |
| Kachan in the Russian language | ||
| Качан | kacan | - |
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