Zañ Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
El Salvador

Zañ Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zañ Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415

The alternate forms: Zan (137,862), Zań (8), Záň (512), Zán (228), Žan (73), Zãn (1) & Žán (35) are calculated separately.

Zañ Last Name Facts

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

Zañ is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Zan, Zań, Záň, Zán, Žan, Zãn or Žán. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zañ? popularity and diffusion

It is the 10,311,814th most widespread last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Zañ reside; 67 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 67 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 50,619,112. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Bicol, where 100 percent live. Not including The Philippines it is found in one country. It also occurs in El Salvador, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zan89137,862/
Zań898/
Tzañ861/
Záň78512/
Zán78228/
Žan7873/
Zãn781/
Zauñe7522/
Zauñy7513/
Zañes751/
Rzaña751/
Zayña751/
Zauñi751/
Zam6719,464/
Zhañay67705/
Žán6735/
Cañ678/
Sañ673/

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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 Zañ
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