Pakwan Surname

466,730th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 721 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Pakwan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pakwan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand6701:105,43015,305
Nepal481:593,3534,739
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Pakwan (603) may also be a first name.

Pakwan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pakwan occurs most in Thailand. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pakwan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 466,730th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 10,107,553 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pakwan reside; 93 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 93 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 340,376th most widely held given name in the world, borne by 603 people.

It is most widely held in Thailand, where it is borne by 670 people, or 1 in 105,430. In Thailand it is mostly concentrated in: Mukdahan Province, where 31 percent reside, Ubon Ratchathani Province, where 18 percent reside and Nakhon Ratchasima Province, where 14 percent reside. Not including Thailand it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Nepal, where 7 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phakwan92574/
Pankwan9296/
Pakwhan9218/
Pakhwan9213/
Pakwane9211/
Peakwan925/
Packwan923/
Paukwan921/
Phakwane8611/
Pakwanne865/
Phaekwan864/
Phakwang864/
Phakhwan862/
Phaukwan861/
Phatkwan861/
Pakhwaan861/
Pokwan8369/
Pakuan8358/
Pagwan8320/
Pakwam8315/
Pacwan831/
Pakwon831/
Pekwan831/
Pokwane7730/
Pagwhan7720/
Paskuan778/
Pagwaan772/
Pagwgan772/
Pankuan772/
Phagwan771/
Paghwan771/
Pacwane771/
Phokwan771/
Puikwan771/
Pasqwan771/
Phokwane711,412/
Pangkuan713/
Phonkwan712/
Peangwan712/
Pookkwan712/
Paygwhan712/
Phacwane711/
Payghwan711/
Packuhan710/
Pacuan671,203/
Pogwan6739/
Phookwane6722/
Phoonkwan6710/
Phongkwan675/
Phokwhang674/
Paguan672/
Pongkwuan671/
Pagvan671/

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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 Pakwan
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