Visovan Surname

396,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 888 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Visovan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Visovan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania8771:22,8942,942
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
France11:66,422,722504,397
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Vişovan (122) & Višovan (4) are calculated separately.

Visovan Last Name Facts

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

Visovan is found most in Romania. It may be rendered as a variant: Vişovan or Višovan. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Visovan? popularity and diffusion

Visovan is the 396,862nd most commonly used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 8,206,696 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Visovan live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The last name Visovan is most widely held in Romania, where it is carried by 877 people, or 1 in 22,894. In Romania it is most common in: Maramureș County, where 85 percent are found, Satu Mare County, where 6 percent are found and Suceava County, where 4 percent are found. Barring Romania this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Italy, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Visovan
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