Šapčanin Surname

2,483,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Šapčanin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Šapčanin Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina411:86,2548,043
Serbia141:510,35319,964
Croatia51:845,72148,179

The alternate forms: Šapćanin (1) & Sapcanin (30) are calculated separately.

Šapčanin Last Name Facts

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

Šapčanin is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Šapćanin or Sapcanin. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Šapčanin? popularity and diffusion

Šapčanin is the 2,483,783rd most commonly held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. Šapčanin occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šapčanin live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

Šapčanin is most frequent in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 86,254. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Šapčanin is most common in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 98 percent live and Republika Srpska, where 2 percent live. Excluding Bosnia and Herzegovina it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Serbia, where 23 percent live and Croatia, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šapćanin961/
Sapcanin9230/
Šipčanin8866/
Šapkinienė671/

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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 Šapčanin
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