Kercan Surname
Approximately 347 people bear this surname
Kercan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 310 | 1:125,933 | 11,770 |
| Croatia | 29 | 1:145,814 | 20,021 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Kercan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kercan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kercan is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kercan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kercan is the 806,178th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 21,001,573 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Kercan live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
It is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 310 people, or 1 in 125,933. In Uganda Kercan is mostly found in: Zombo District, where 56 percent reside, Nebbi District, where 29 percent reside and Kiryandongo District, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Uganda this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 8 percent reside and Switzerland, where 2 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 Kercan
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