Kaçan Surname
Approximately 13,381 people bear this surname
Kaçan Surname User-submission:
The Kaçan surname means 'absconder', 'escaper', 'fugitive', 'one who has escaped from a place', or 'one who is in hiding', especially to avoid arrest or persecution.
Kaçan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 13,364 | 1:5,823 | 836 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
The alternate forms: Kacan (523), Kačan (128) & Kačán (15) are calculated separately.
Kaçan Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Kaçan surname means 'absconder', 'escaper', 'fugitive', 'one who has escaped from a place', or 'one who is in hiding', especially to avoid arrest or persecution.
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Where Does The Last Name Kaçan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kaçan (Hindi: कचना, Marathi: कांचन) has its highest incidence in Turkey. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Kacan, Kačan or Kačán. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaçan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 39,247th most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 544,619 people. The last name Kaçan is primarily found in Asia, where 85 percent of Kaçan are found; 85 percent are found in West Asia and 85 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
The surname Kaçan is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is borne by 13,364 people, or 1 in 5,823. In Turkey it is primarily found in: Istanbul Province, where 17 percent are found, Diyarbakir Province, where 10 percent are found and Izmir Province, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Turkey it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Azerbaijan, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaçan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaçan in the Hindi language | ||
| कचना | kacana | - |
| Kaçan in the Marathi language | ||
| कांचन | kancana | - |
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Footnotes
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