Palcan Surname

1,385,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 158 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Palcan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palcan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1201:843,65278,842
India171:45,121,493474,784
Poland141:2,714,911112,031
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Palcan (251) may also be a first name.

Palcan Last Name Facts

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

Palcan is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Palcan.

How Common Is The Last Name Palcan? popularity and diffusion

Palcan is the 1,385,851st most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 46,123,708 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 87 percent of Palcan reside; 76 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 76 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Palcan is also the 562,655th most frequently used given name globally, borne by 251 people.

The last name is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 120 people, or 1 in 843,652. In The Philippines Palcan is primarily found in: Mimaropa, where 50 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 22 percent reside and Calabarzon, where 15 percent reside. Other than The Philippines Palcan exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 11 percent reside and Poland, where 9 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 Palcan
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