Prečan Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Prečan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prečan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia1131:94,10115,664
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Precan (2) are calculated separately.

Prečan Last Name Facts

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

Prečan occurs in Czechia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Precan. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Prečan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,701,480th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Prečan reside; 98 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 98 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

It is most frequently held in Czechia, where it is borne by 113 people, or 1 in 94,101. In Czechia it is most frequent in: Olomouc Region, where 66 percent are found, South Moravian Region, where 15 percent are found and Karlovy Vary Region, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Czechia Prečan is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Precan942/
Presan8324/
Prečanová80114/
Presant77241/
Priščan7754/
Presang7712/
Prazean777/
Presian774/
Presean773/
Preesan773/
Preason772/
Pressan771/
Perzean771/
Percean771/
Phretsan71108/
Preschan7154/
Preshant7130/
Preechan717/
Presandt711/
Prechaun711/
Pressant711/
Preshand711/
Presjean711/
Pearcean711/
Preshang711/
Prechant710/
Pretchan710/
Piercean710/
Perzan67760/
Prisan67744/
Prozan67619/
Percan67411/
Prazon67225/
Pircan67113/
Prazan67113/
Pirzan6797/
Prazen6780/
Preson6756/
Prezen6733/
Presen6717/
Preschang6711/
Percen6710/
Prizan675/
Pricen674/
Precon674/
Prechahan673/
Presam673/
Prizen673/
Presaisen672/
Pircen672/
Prisen672/
Preaseang671/
Preßon671/
Pyrzan671/
Pirzen671/
Perzen671/
Preashant671/
Precianne671/
Prozen670/

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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 Prečan
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