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
The last name Recan (Hindi: रेचन) is held by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Rečan, Reçan, Recañ or Récan. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Recan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Recan is the 1,828,462nd most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 71,446,529 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 54 percent of Recan reside; 30 percent reside in West Asia and 29 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Recan is also the 1,171,416th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 69 people.
This last name is most frequent in Turkey, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 1,468,329. In Turkey Recan is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 79 percent reside, Kutahya Province, where 15 percent reside and Antalya Province, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Turkey this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also common in France, where 26 percent reside and Argentina, where 4 percent reside.
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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