Pacanan Surname
Approximately 573 people bear this surname
Pacanan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 566 | 1:178,866 | 28,824 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Pacañan (1) are calculated separately.
Pacanan (12) may also be a first name.
Pacanan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pacanan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pacanan is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Pacañan. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pacanan? popularity and diffusion
Pacanan is the 555,669th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 12,718,230 people. The last name Pacanan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Pacanan reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 98 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Pacanan is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 12 people.
The surname Pacanan is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is held by 566 people, or 1 in 178,866. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Eastern Visayas, where 50 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 18 percent reside and Northern Mindanao, where 8 percent reside. Besides The Philippines this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 1 percent reside and India, where 0 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 Pacanan
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