Yacan Surname
Approximately 1,688 people bear this surname
Yacan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1,366 | 1:56,970 | 5,532 |
| Philippines | 290 | 1:349,097 | 47,019 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Yacan (127) may also be a first name.
Yacan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yacan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yacan (Hindi: याचन) occurs in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yacan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 237,729th most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,317,267 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Yacan reside; 76 percent reside in West Asia and 76 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 825,494th most common first name on earth It is held by 127 people.
Yacan is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is carried by 1,366 people, or 1 in 56,970. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Van Province, where 48 percent are found, Sanliurfa Province, where 8 percent are found and Istanbul Province, where 7 percent are found. Other than Turkey this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 17 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yacan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yacan in the Hindi language | ||
| याचन | yacana | - |
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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 Yacan
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