Porcan Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Porcan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porcan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
France11:66,422,722504,397
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Porcan Last Name Facts

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

Porcan has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Porcan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,391,485th most prevalent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Porcan is primarily found in The Americas, where 69 percent of Porcan live; 62 percent live in South America and 62 percent live in Luso-South America.

The surname is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 26,759,292. In Brazil Porcan is mostly found in: Minas Gerais, where 50 percent live and São Paulo, where 50 percent live. Outside of Brazil this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 15 percent live and France, where 8 percent live.

Porcan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Porcan has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porchan9237/
Porcean9236/
Porczan924/
Porcian922/
Porcang921/
Porcane921/
Pourcian863/
Porciane861/
Porschan861/
Parcan831,750/
Porsan83567/
Percan83411/
Porcon83114/
Porkan8325/
Porcen8318/
Porjan8310/
Porcam836/
Porţan834/
Purcan831/
Porzan831/
Poorchand802/
Pourkan77490/
Pourjan77189/
Parchan77147/
Poursan77121/
Porchon7787/
Pourzan7764/
Porkhan7746/
Porsain7743/
Parscan7713/
Porshan7712/
Porcham7710/
Perkcan776/
Parcane775/
Porkkan771/
Porsang771/
Phorsan771/
Phurcan771/
Purchan771/
Porsane771/
Parcand770/
Pourzand71705/
Pourkhan71337/
Poursain7193/
Pourchon7145/
Poursand7132/
Parchand7130/
Parschan7130/
Pourshan7125/
Poursang7120/
Poursian717/
Poorkand714/
Pourcham714/
Poorzand714/
Purchane712/
Pourzang712/
Poursane712/
Puorcien711/
Pourzane711/
Portsane711/
Porchong711/
Porcione711/
Parchang711/
Parchamn711/
Poorjaan711/
Parcon6715,517/
Parsan671,697/
Parkan67462/
Parzan67416/
Parjan67387/
Porson67131/
Purkan6760/
Parcam6745/
Purcon6733/
Porkon6724/
Perkan6723/
Percon6718/
Purqan6712/
Pourjahan6711/
Pourshand679/
Pourshang678/
Parcen678/
Porsén677/
Purçan674/
Porsam674/
Pârşan674/
Purzan673/
Parcanova672/
Parchahyn672/
Porkanova671/
Portsamnn671/
Porsen671/
Porzon671/
Porjam671/
Pohrshand671/
Porjon671/
Poursahan671/
Pourshain671/
Pourshane671/
Porkheant670/

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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 Porcan
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