Recan Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Recan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 53 | 1:1,468,329 | 57,819 |
| France | 27 | 1:2,460,101 | 186,232 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Rečan (9), Reçan (1), Recañ (1) & Récan (1) are calculated separately.
Recan (69) may also be a first name.
Recan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Recan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Recan (Hindi: रेचन) occurs more in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Rečan, Reçan, Recañ or Récan. Click here to see other potential spellings of Recan.
How Common Is The Last Name Recan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Recan is the 1,828,462nd most commonly used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 54 percent of Recan live; 30 percent live in West Asia and 29 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 1,171,416th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 69 people.
The last name is most numerous in Turkey, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 1,468,329. In Turkey Recan is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 79 percent are found, Kutahya Province, where 15 percent are found and Antalya Province, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Turkey this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in France, where 26 percent are found and Argentina, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Recan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Recan in the Hindi language | ||
| रेचन | recana | - |
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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 Recan
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