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
Kocan Demographics
Average Kocan Salary in
United States
$41,324 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kocan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kocan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kocan occurs most in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms: Koçan, Kočan, Kocán, Kocań or Koćan. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kocan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 210,129th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,708,675 people. This surname is mostly found 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 frequent given name worldwide It is held by 68 people.
This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 519 people, or 1 in 698,379. In The United States Kocan is mostly concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 17 percent live, New York, where 16 percent live and Illinois, where 11 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 33 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 26 percent live and Slovakia, where 15 percent live.
Kocan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kocan surname are 11.03% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.8% being 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
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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