Pacanas Surname

983,245th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 262 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Pacanas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pacanas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines2241:451,95655,298
United States321:11,326,842445,236
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295

The alternate forms: Pacañas (1) are calculated separately.

Pacanas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pacanas occurs in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Pacañas. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pacanas? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 983,245th most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 27,815,061 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Pacanas live; 85 percent live in Southeast Asia and 85 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is held by 224 people, or 1 in 451,956. In The Philippines Pacanas is most common in: Ilocos, where 53 percent live, National Capital Region, where 19 percent live and Central Luzon, where 15 percent live. Beside The Philippines this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Pacanas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Pacanas are 32.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 85.71% being registered to vote for the political party.

Pacanas earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.4% more than the national average, earning $49,362 USD 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
  • 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 Pacanas
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