Vancan Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Vancan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 146 | 1:1,466,263 | 49,230 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Vançan (6) are calculated separately.
Vancan (29) may also be a first name.
Vancan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vancan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vancan occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Vançan. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vancan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,263,456th most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Vancan reside; 80 percent reside in South America and 80 percent reside in Luso-South America. Vancan is also the 1,951,561st most commonly held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 29 people.
The last name is most common in Brazil, where it is borne by 146 people, or 1 in 1,466,263. In Brazil it is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 49 percent reside, Paraná, where 26 percent reside and Mato Grosso do Sul, where 12 percent reside. Beside Brazil Vancan occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 10 percent reside and India, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Vancan
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