Pećanin Surname

1,118,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 217 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Pećanin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pećanin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia911:78,5166,820
Bosnia and Herzegovina671:52,7826,435
Slovenia351:71,0769,906
Croatia191:222,55825,345
Kosovo21:930,93412,188
Montenegro21:319,7827,691
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546

The alternate forms: Pecanin (29), Pečanin (27) & Peçanin (1) are calculated separately.

Pećanin Last Name Facts

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

Pećanin is found most frequently in Serbia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Pecanin, Pečanin or Peçanin. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pećanin? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,118,459th most frequent surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 33,583,161 people. Pećanin occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pećanin are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Serbia, where it is carried by 91 people, or 1 in 78,516. In Serbia it is primarily concentrated in: Raška District, where 59 percent reside, South Bačka District, where 25 percent reside and Zlatibor District, where 14 percent reside. Barring Serbia this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 31 percent reside and Slovenia, where 16 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pecanin9529/
Pečanin9527/
Peçanin951/
Pechanin801/
Petchanin7517/
Peschanin755/
Pazanin71116/
Pisanin7136/
Pačanin7126/
Petchanina715/
Počanin712/
Pečenin711/
Pizanin711/
Pazenin711/
Piesanen67103/
Pisanina6745/
Peisanen6728/
Pozhenin6718/
Pezhenin674/
Pizhenin672/
Pessanhn671/
Picannin671/
Potsanin671/
Pisianin671/
Pisannin671/

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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
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  • 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 Pećanin
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