Velican Surname

639,219th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 476 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Velican Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Velican Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania3801:52,8366,532
Turkey321:2,431,91977,125
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137

The alternate forms: Veličan (156) & Velicán (12) are calculated separately.

Velican (275) may also be a first name.

Velican Last Name Facts

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

The surname Velican is more commonly found in Romania than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Veličan or Velicán. Click here for other potential spellings of Velican.

How Common Is The Last Name Velican? popularity and diffusion

Velican is the 639,219th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,309,970 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Velican are found; 80 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 80 percent are found in Romanian Europe. It is also the 535,844th most widely held given name at a global level, held by 275 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Romania, where it is carried by 380 people, or 1 in 52,836. In Romania it is primarily found in: Gorj County, where 55 percent are found, Brașov County, where 16 percent are found and Bucharest Municipality, where 14 percent are found. Beside Romania it is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Velican Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Velican earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 31.49% less than the national average, earning $29,562 USD per year and in Canada they earn 49.13% less than the national average, earning $25,273 CAD per year.

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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 Velican
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