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
The last name Riscan is more frequently found in Moldova than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Rișcan. Click here to see other possible spellings of Riscan.
How Common Is The Last Name Riscan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Riscan is the 1,649,806th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Riscan reside; 91 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 90 percent reside in Romanian Europe. It is also the 890,531st most frequently used given name on earth, borne by 111 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Moldova, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 33,918. In Moldova Riscan is mostly found in: Căușeni District, where 91 percent are found, Chișinău Municipality, where 7 percent are found and Rîșcani District, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Moldova it exists in 4 countries. It is also common 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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