Palakan Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Palakan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palakan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand301:2,354,612261,046
India281:27,395,192354,286
Turkey121:6,485,118119,359
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Palakan (120) may also be a first name.

Palakan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Palakan (Hindi: पलकां, Marathi: काकन, Oriya: ପାଲୱାନ) is borne by more people in Thailand than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Palakan? popularity and diffusion

Palakan is the 2,255,512th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. The last name Palakan occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Palakan live; 42 percent live in Southeast Asia and 42 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 852,104th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 120 people.

This surname is most widely held in Thailand, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 2,354,612. In Thailand it is most frequent in: Bangkok, where 20 percent live, Phang Nga Province, where 13 percent live and Ubon Ratchathani Province, where 13 percent live. Apart from Thailand this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 39 percent live and Turkey, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Palakan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palakan in the Oriya language
ପାଲୱାନpalawana-
Palakan in the Hindi language
पलकांpalakam83.33
पालकनpalakana16.67
Palakan in the Marathi language
काकनkakana50
पलकनpalakana50

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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
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  • 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 Palakan
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