Pilacan Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Pilacan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pilacan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines451:2,249,738125,194
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Pilacan (47) may also be a first name.

Pilacan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pilacan occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pilacan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,689,253rd most frequently held family name globally, held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Pilacan reside; 85 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 85 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Pilacan is also the 1,467,136th most numerous first name in the world, held by 47 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 2,249,738. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Cordillera Administrative Region, where 44 percent live, Central Luzon, where 31 percent live and Ilocos, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account The Philippines this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 8 percent live and Taiwan, where 4 percent live.

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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 Pilacan
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