Uskans Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Uskans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Uskans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia471:43,6186,632
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Uškāns (4) are calculated separately.

Uskans Last Name Facts

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

Uskans is carried by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Uškāns. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Uskans? popularity and diffusion

The last name Uskans is the 2,746,821st most frequently used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Uskans live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 94 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The last name Uskans is most widespread in Latvia, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 43,618. In Latvia Uskans is most numerous in: Riga Planning Region, where 68 percent are found, Latgale, where 23 percent are found and Vidzeme, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Latvia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 4 percent are found and Norway, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ukans911/
Uškāns894/
Huckans7765/
Okans738/
Ucans731/
Ishkhans7110/
Ukhahans711/
Hokans67119/
Ukanze674/
Ukanje674/
Ukonse672/
Ookans671/
Okhans671/
Gucans671/
Hudsckons671/
Oscans670/
Hukons670/
Ukanche6214/
Hokkans621/
Eukhons620/
Huckons620/
Ukaanche571/
Hockhans570/
Okons5533/
Ukonze5087/
Okouns502/
Aucanz501/

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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 Uskans
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