Bankan Surname

1,558,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 132 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Qatar

Bankan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bankan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand541:1,308,118185,513
Iran511:1,505,54059,762
Qatar161:147,37516,023
India51:153,413,076951,030
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Bankan (76) may also be a first name.

Bankan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bankan (Hindi: बांकं, Marathi: बंकन, Oriya: େଯନା) is carried by more people in Thailand than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bankan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,558,593rd most commonly occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. Bankan occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Bankan live; 42 percent live in South Asia and 41 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 1,107,702nd most commonly occurring forename world-wide, borne by 76 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Thailand, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 1,308,118. In Thailand Bankan is most numerous in: Nakhon Pathom Province, where 56 percent are found, Bangkok, where 28 percent are found and Nong Khai Province, where 7 percent are found. Other than Thailand this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 39 percent are found and Qatar, where 12 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bankan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bankan in the Marathi language
बंकनbankana80
यंकटाyankata20
Bankan in the Hindi language
बांकंbankam50
बंकंbankam16.67
बनकनbanakana16.67
बणकनbanakana16.67
Bankan in the Oriya language
େଯନାeyana50
ମହାଳିକmahalika50

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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 Bankan
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