Ucañan Surname

337,747th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,090 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Peru
Highest density in:
Peru

Ucañan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ucañan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Peru1,0441:30,4453,108
Spain231:2,032,69753,462
Costa Rica141:341,4343,425
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776

The alternate forms: Ucanan (34), Ucañán (4) & Ucañàn (1) are calculated separately.

Ucañan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ucañan occurs most in Peru. It may be found in the variant forms: Ucanan, Ucañán or Ucañàn. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ucañan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ucañan is the 337,747th most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,685,822 people. The last name Ucañan is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Ucañan live; 96 percent live in South America and 96 percent live in Andean South America.

The surname is most commonly used in Peru, where it is borne by 1,044 people, or 1 in 30,445. In Peru it is most common in: La Libertad Region, where 45 percent live, Lima Province, where 25 percent live and Áncash Region, where 8 percent live. Aside from Peru this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 2 percent live and Costa Rica, where 1 percent live.

Ucañan Last Name Statistics demography

Ucañan earn marginally less than the average income. In Peru they earn 0.5% less than the national average, earning S/. 19,289 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ucanan9434/
Ucañán944/
Ucañàn941/
Ucañani9245/
Ocañan831/
Aucanan771/
Eucanan771/
Uecanhan711/
Uecanana711/
Ocanan6730/
Ecanan6717/
Ucanam674/
Ucanighan671/
Acañon671/

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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 Ucañan
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