Vucans Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Vucans Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 194 | 1:10,567 | 1,554 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
The alternate forms: Vucāns (3) are calculated separately.
Vucans Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vucans Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vucans is more frequently found in Latvia than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Vucāns. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vucans? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,185,157th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Vucans live; 97 percent live in Northern Europe and 97 percent live in Baltic Europe.
The last name Vucans is most prevalent in Latvia, where it is carried by 194 people, or 1 in 10,567. In Latvia it is most numerous in: Riga Planning Region, where 51 percent reside, Latgale, where 43 percent reside and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 3 percent reside. Beside Latvia it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 3 percent reside and Israel, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vucāns | 94 | 3 | / |
| Bucans | 83 | 10 | / |
| Vuskans | 77 | 102 | / |
| Buchans | 77 | 79 | / |
| Vutsans | 77 | 3 | / |
| Buckans | 77 | 2 | / |
| Vuškans | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vickans | 77 | 1 | / |
| Butchans | 71 | 5 | / |
| Bouchans | 71 | 2 | / |
| Buchanns | 71 | 1 | / |
| Buscains | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bukans | 67 | 6 | / |
| Vikans | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vickahhns | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bocans | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buckhauns | 67 | 0 | / |
| Butkans | 62 | 25 | / |
| Bouzans | 62 | 10 | / |
| Bockans | 62 | 3 | / |
| Buscams | 62 | 1 | / |
| Vuškāns | 62 | 1 | / |
| Voojans | 62 | 1 | / |
| Boukans | 62 | 1 | / |
| Boccans | 62 | 1 | / |
| Wickans | 62 | 0 | / |
| Bockhans | 57 | 13 | / |
| Bouchons | 57 | 2 | / |
| Bukatins | 57 | 2 | / |
| Wickeans | 57 | 1 | / |
| Wockhans | 57 | 0 | / |
| Bougians | 57 | 0 | / |
| Wickhans | 57 | 0 | / |
| Bokans | 50 | 43 | / |
| Wujanz | 50 | 32 | / |
| Bukanz | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Vucans
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