Puicana Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Puicana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Puicaña (49) are calculated separately.
Puicana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puicana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Puicana has its highest incidence in Peru. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Puicaña. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Puicana? popularity and diffusion
The surname Puicana is the 10,311,814th most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Puicana occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Puicana reside; 67 percent reside in South America and 67 percent reside in Andean South America.
The surname Puicana is most commonly used in Peru, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 15,892,062. In Peru Puicana is mostly found in: Arequipa Region, where 50 percent live and Puno Region, where 50 percent live. Outside of Peru this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 33 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 Puicana
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