Piccanin Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

Piccanin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piccanin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Namibia41:602,35012,421

Piccanin (89) may also be a first name.

Piccanin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Piccanin is found most frequently in South Africa. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Piccanin? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Piccanin are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,011,231st most widely held given name worldwide, borne by 89 people.

The surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 3,869,836. In South Africa Piccanin is mostly found in: North West, where 64 percent reside, Free State, where 21 percent reside and Northern Cape, where 7 percent reside. Not including South Africa Piccanin occurs in one country. It is also found in Namibia, where 22 percent reside.

Piccanin Last Name Statistics demography

Piccanin earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 78.94% less than the national average, earning R 50,040 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Piccanien941/
Picannin881/
Pichkanin8214/
Pikanin8077/
Pecanin8029/
Pichkanina786/
Pitkanin75317/
Piškanin75168/
Pikanina7575/
Piskanin753/
Paikannin711/
Pikkanien711/
Pikanen6727/
Pekanin6722/
Pikonin672/

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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 Piccanin
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