Scans Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
England

Scans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England21:27,859,030389,889
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Scans Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Scans Come From? nationality or country of origin

Scans occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Scans? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,063,924th most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Scans occurs mostly in Asia, where 50 percent of Scans are found; 50 percent are found in South Asia and 40 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The last name Scans is most widely held in India, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 191,766,346. Aside from India this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 30 percent live and England, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schans91466/
Scanse911/
Sceans911/
Scains910/
Sans8915,037/
Cans89631/
Scheans8329/
Schaans831/
Sains80912/
Skans80263/
Sanns80166/
Sansh80108/
Canns8034/
Saans8029/
Seans8022/
Sahns8019/
Cahns8017/
Ceans8016/
Sauns8014/
Cauns805/
Sanss803/
Scams802/
Scons801/
Sansz801/
Saëns801/
Caans800/
Canss800/
Scaggins771/
Schanz737,803/
Schons734,292/
Skains73668/
Skeans73605/
Scoins73291/
Sahans73156/
Skanse73131/
Scoons7354/
Sannæs7342/
Scance7339/
Scanze7323/
Cainns733/
Sansch732/
Sanshh732/
Scoyns731/
Shcanz731/
Scamse731/
Scaanz731/
Cain's731/
Sconse731/
Sceins730/
Sainns730/
Sanz67133,563/
Jans6716,129/
Sons678,558/
Cons672,377/
Zans67401/
Canz67153/
Scheins67146/
Sansowa6735/
Sanç6734/
Sannæss6716/
Schohns677/
Cāns672/
Caheins672/
Squains671/
Schonss671/
Schzanz671/
Jascins671/
Sôns671/
Schoons670/
Schonsh670/

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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 Scans
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis