Pakwang Surname
Approximately 129 people bear this surname
Pakwang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 95 | 1:743,562 | 121,778 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Nepal | 9 | 1:3,164,551 | 10,069 |
Pakwang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pakwang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pakwang is carried by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pakwang? popularity and diffusion
Pakwang is the 1,581,912th most commonly used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 56,492,604 people. The last name Pakwang occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pakwang live; 93 percent live in Southeast Asia and 74 percent live in Tai-Asia.
The last name Pakwang is most commonly held in Thailand, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 743,562. In Thailand Pakwang is most frequent in: Krabi Province, where 40 percent live, Surat Thani Province, where 28 percent live and Chiang Mai Province, where 7 percent live. Excluding Thailand Pakwang occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 19 percent live and Nepal, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pankwang | 93 | 18 | / |
| Phakwang | 93 | 4 | / |
| Phankwang | 88 | 252 | / |
| Pankweang | 88 | 1 | / |
| Pakwong | 86 | 49 | / |
| Pekwang | 86 | 23 | / |
| Pokwang | 86 | 2 | / |
| Pankuang | 80 | 23 | / |
| Pangwang | 80 | 17 | / |
| Phokwang | 80 | 11 | / |
| Phokhwang | 75 | 124 | / |
| Phokwhang | 75 | 4 | / |
| Pekuang | 71 | 9 | / |
| Phongkwang | 71 | 4 | / |
| Pokuang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phokwong | 67 | 18 | / |
| Phaguang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peekwong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puikwong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phanquang | 63 | 7 | / |
| Peguang | 57 | 2 | / |
| Ponguang | 53 | 102 | / |
| Pangwong | 53 | 79 | / |
| Peiguang | 53 | 3 | / |
| Pangvong | 53 | 1 | / |
| Phangwong | 50 | 41 | / |
| Phonguang | 50 | 11 | / |
| Panghuang | 50 | 9 | / |
| Peangwong | 50 | 2 | / |
| Paungwong | 50 | 2 | / |
| Payngwong | 50 | 1 | / |
| Pangguang | 50 | 1 | / |
| Pongguang | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Pakwang
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis