Važan Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Važan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 138 | 1:38,670 | 7,163 |
| Czechia | 13 | 1:817,959 | 70,223 |
The alternate forms: Vazan (379), Vážan (365), Vàzan (1) & Vazán (1) are calculated separately.
Važan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Važan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Važan is carried by more people in Slovakia than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Vazan, Vážan, Vàzan or Vazán. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Važan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,428,594th most widely held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Važan live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
This last name is most widely held in Slovakia, where it is carried by 138 people, or 1 in 38,670. In Slovakia Važan is primarily found in: Trenčín Region, where 79 percent reside, Trnava Region, where 9 percent reside and Bratislava Region, where 8 percent reside. Barring Slovakia this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Czechia, where 9 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
- 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 Važan
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