Kán Surname
Approximately 593 people bear this surname
Kán Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 557 | 1:9,581 | 1,078 |
| Czechia | 26 | 1:408,980 | 46,580 |
| Hungary | 9 | 1:1,090,697 | 49,203 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
The alternate forms: Kan (226,269) are calculated separately.
Kán Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kán Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kán is more commonly found in Slovakia than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Kan. For other potential spellings of Kán click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kán? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 541,435th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 12,289,285 people. Kán occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kán are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 98 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
Kán is most numerous in Slovakia, where it is borne by 557 people, or 1 in 9,581. In Slovakia it is mostly found in: Banská Bystrica Region, where 91 percent are found, Žilina Region, where 7 percent are found and Bratislava Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Slovakia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 4 percent are found and Hungary, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Kán
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