Pacania Surname

1,267,784th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 181 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Pacania Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pacania Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1541:657,39168,667
United States251:14,498,357517,445
Canada21:18,422,796409,488

The alternate forms: Pacañia (4) are calculated separately.

Pacania (27) may also be a first name.

Pacania Last Name Facts

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

Pacania occurs in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Pacañia. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pacania? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pacania is the 1,267,784th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 40,262,685 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Pacania are found; 85 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 85 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Pacania is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly held given name worldwide. It is borne by 27 people.

This last name is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 154 people, or 1 in 657,391. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Ilocos, where 25 percent live, Western Visayas, where 23 percent live and Cagayan Valley, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account The Philippines this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Pacania Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pacania surname are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 71.43% being registered with the party.

Pacania earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.33% more than the national average, earning $43,725 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pacañia954/
Pascania931/
Pacanha86101/
Pocania864/
Pecania864/
Paconia862/
Pakania862/
Pacanya861/
Pachanya80243/
Pachanja8063/
Paakonia8010/
Paccagna806/
Pacaniot804/
Paconias801/
Paccanio801/
Paykania801/
Pacaña776,745/
Phachanya751/
Paconio71107/
Pakanha715/
Patchsanya711/
Pacheanjai711/
Pakanio711/
Pakanya711/
Pacônio711/
Paycaña711/
Patchangna711/
Paqcaña711/
Peconia711/
Pokania711/
Pozania711/
Patsanja67366/
Phakanha6788/
Pfakanya6773/
Pacanyot6728/
Padzanja677/
Pachanyo671/
Pacionio671/

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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 Pacania
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