Riečan Surname
Approximately 277 people bear this surname
Riečan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 262 | 1:20,368 | 3,218 |
| Czechia | 15 | 1:708,898 | 64,682 |
The alternate forms: Riecan (59) are calculated separately.
Riečan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riečan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Riečan occurs in Slovakia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Riecan. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Riečan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 945,594th most widespread family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 26,308,830 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Riečan live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
This surname is most frequent in Slovakia, where it is carried by 262 people, or 1 in 20,368. In Slovakia Riečan is primarily found in: Banská Bystrica Region, where 96 percent live, Žilina Region, where 3 percent live and Košice Region, where 0 percent live. Other than Slovakia it occurs in one country. It is also found in Czechia, where 5 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 Riečan
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