Paklak Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Paklak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Paklak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea211:388,27250,829
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Paklak Last Name Facts

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

The surname Paklak is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Paklak? popularity and diffusion

Paklak is the 3,373,373rd most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname Paklak occurs mostly in Oceania, where 62 percent of Paklak live; 62 percent live in Oceania Islands and 62 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: West New Britain, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paklyak9225/
Peklak8329/
Paclak831/
Paklakova801/
Pashklyak801/
Pokhlak774/
Pekhlak773/
Paclack771/
Paklock771/
Poklaske713/
Poklok6724/
Peklák6713/
Poklakova679/
Pokloik622/
Poclask621/
Pooklook571/
Phouklaug531/
Paclog501/
Peclac501/

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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 Paklak
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