Pakah Surname
Approximately 470 people bear this surname
Pakah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Cameroon | 58 | 1:358,087 | 31,912 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Pakah (47) may also be a first name.
Pakah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pakah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pakah (Oriya: ପକଃ) is found most frequently in Chad. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Pakah.
How Common Is The Last Name Pakah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pakah is the 645,032nd most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,505,417 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Pakah are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Pakah is also the 1,467,136th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 47 people.
The last name Pakah is most commonly used in Chad, where it is carried by 385 people, or 1 in 35,304. Not including Chad Pakah exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 12 percent are found and The Philippines, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pakah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pakah in the Oriya language | ||
| ପକଃ | pakah | - |
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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 Pakah
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