Riscan Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Riscan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 105 | 1:33,918 | 5,331 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
The alternate forms: Rișcan (1) are calculated separately.
Riscan (111) may also be a first name.
Riscan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riscan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Riscan is borne by more people in Moldova than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Rișcan. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Riscan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,649,806th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 92 percent of Riscan are found; 91 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 90 percent are found in Romanian Europe. It is also the 890,531st most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 111 people.
The last name is most frequent in Moldova, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 33,918. In Moldova it is most frequent in: Căușeni District, where 91 percent are found, Chișinău Municipality, where 7 percent are found and Rîșcani District, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Moldova Riscan is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 8 percent are found and Romania, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Riscan
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