Leščan Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Leščan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leščan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia351:120,81717,927
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532

The alternate forms: Lešćan (77) & Lescan (82) are calculated separately.

Leščan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Leščan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Leščan is found most in Croatia. It can appear as: Lešćan or Lescan. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Leščan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,274,477th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Leščan live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Croatia, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 120,817. In Croatia Leščan is mostly concentrated in: Koprivnica-Križevci County, where 86 percent are found and City of Zagreb, where 14 percent are found. Barring Croatia this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lešćan9477/
Lescan8982/
Leščanová802/
Lezan73452/
Lecan73215/
Ličan7397/
Leščausienė711/
Lezaun67608/
Lecain67350/
Lechan67118/
Lecian67118/
Lecann6781/
Leizan6776/
Lezhan6754/
Leecan6736/
Lețcan6729/
Lecanh6721/
Lešcen6718/
Leyzan6713/
Letcan6710/
Lezain677/
Letsan677/
Licean676/
Lezean676/
Liecan675/
Leican672/
Lecean672/
Lezcan672/
Lhecan671/
Leazan671/
Leacon671/
Leycan670/
Letzan670/
Leazen670/

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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 Leščan
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