Stockan Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

Stockan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stockan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland371:144,6988,671
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland451:83,1834,503
England11:24,375,369195,128
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Stockan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Stockan (Arabic: ستوكان) is found in Scotland more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Stockan.

How Common Is The Last Name Stockan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,776,799th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Stockan live; 78 percent live in Northern Europe and 78 percent live in British Isles.

Stockan is most frequent in Scotland, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 144,698. In Scotland Stockan is most common in: Orkney, where 51 percent reside, Aberdeen City, where 14 percent reside and Aberdeenshire, where 8 percent reside. Not including Scotland this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 16 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.

Stockan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Stockan has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people bearing the Stockan surname declined 18 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Stockan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Stockan in the Arabic language
ستوكانstwkan-

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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
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  • 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 Stockan
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