Sočan Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Sočan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 70 | 1:60,409 | 11,225 |
| Slovenia | 28 | 1:88,846 | 11,009 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Socan (146) are calculated separately.
Sočan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sočan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sočan (Arabic: صوسين) is found most in Croatia. It may be rendered as: Socan. For other potential spellings of Sočan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sočan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,860,621st most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sočan live; 99 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The surname Sočan is most commonly held in Croatia, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 60,409. In Croatia Sočan is most common in: Zagreb County, where 57 percent live, City of Zagreb, where 23 percent live and Šibenik-Knin County, where 11 percent live. Besides Croatia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Slovenia, where 28 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sočan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sočan in the Arabic language | ||
| صوسين | swsyn | - |
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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 Sočan
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