Kocan Surname
Approximately 1,965 people bear this surname
Kocan Surname User-submission:
Kocan is a Slavic surname. The meaning is 'head of cabbage'.
Kocan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 519 | 1:698,379 | 55,261 |
| Poland | 505 | 1:75,265 | 11,750 |
| Slovakia | 299 | 1:17,848 | 2,669 |
| Luxembourg | 212 | 1:2,738 | 335 |
| Brazil | 78 | 1:2,744,543 | 81,769 |
| Czechia | 58 | 1:183,336 | 27,089 |
| Germany | 40 | 1:2,012,636 | 110,053 |
| Sweden | 37 | 1:266,129 | 18,422 |
| Canada | 33 | 1:1,116,533 | 81,834 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Austria | 13 | 1:655,033 | 58,041 |
| Serbia | 10 | 1:714,495 | 24,752 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Kosovo | 8 | 1:232,734 | 7,787 |
| Montenegro | 8 | 1:79,946 | 4,069 |
| North Macedonia | 6 | 1:350,245 | 17,994 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 | 1:589,400 | 14,340 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 1:497,535 | 21,006 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
The alternate forms: Koçan (4,490), Kočan (1,248), Kocán (123), Kocań (2) & Koćan (1) are calculated separately.
Kocan (68) may also be a first name.
Kocan Surname Meaning
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Kocan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kocan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kocan is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Koçan, Kočan, Kocán, Kocań or Koćan. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kocan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kocan is the 210,129th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,708,675 people. The last name Kocan occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Kocan live; 44 percent live in Eastern Europe and 44 percent live in West Slavic Europe. Kocan is also the 1,181,159th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 68 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 519 people, or 1 in 698,379. In The United States it is mostly found in: Pennsylvania, where 17 percent reside, New York, where 16 percent reside and Illinois, where 11 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name exists in 33 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 26 percent reside and Slovakia, where 15 percent reside.
Kocan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Kocan are 11.03% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.8% registered with the party.
The amount Kocan earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.23% less than the national average, earning $41,324 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.77% less than the national average, earning $44,830 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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