Samcan Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Samcan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 38 | 1:2,664,164 | 134,326 |
| Nicaragua | 6 | 1:1,003,515 | 4,885 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 1:3,871,786 | 9,580 |
Samcan (15) may also be a first name.
Samcan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samcan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samcan is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samcan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samcan is the 2,808,717th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 88 percent of Samcan reside; 88 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 79 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Samcan is also the 2,900,335th most frequent forename world-wide, held by 15 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 2,664,164. In The Philippines Samcan is primarily found in: Mimaropa, where 100 percent reside. Other than The Philippines Samcan is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nicaragua, where 13 percent reside and Cambodia, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Samcan
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