Palakan Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Palakan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 30 | 1:2,354,612 | 261,046 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Turkey | 12 | 1:6,485,118 | 119,359 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
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
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palakan in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାଲୱାନ | palawana | - |
| Palakan in the Hindi language | ||
| पलकां | palakam | 83.33 |
| पालकन | palakana | 16.67 |
| Palakan in the Marathi language | ||
| काकन | kakana | 50 |
| पलकन | palakana | 50 |
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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 Palakan
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