Pakang Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Pakang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pakang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia231:1,282,35854,976
Cameroon111:1,888,09798,267
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Pakang (110) may also be a first name.

Pakang Last Name Facts

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

Pakang occurs in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pakang? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,605,694th most frequently held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 76 percent of Pakang live; 76 percent live in Southeast Asia and 51 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Pakang is also the 895,203rd most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 110 people.

It is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 1,282,358. In Malaysia Pakang is mostly found in: Sabah, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Malaysia Pakang occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 20 percent are found and Thailand, where 20 percent are found.

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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 Pakang
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