Pangkan Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Pangkan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pangkan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Pangkan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pangkan (Bengali: পংকন) is held by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Pangkan.

How Common Is The Last Name Pangkan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pangkan is the 7,593,402nd most widely held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Pangkan live; 83 percent live in Southeast Asia and 83 percent live in Tai-Asia.

This last name is most commonly held in Thailand, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 14,127,669. In Thailand it is primarily found in: Surat Thani Province, where 80 percent are found and Chiang Mai Province, where 20 percent are found. Barring Thailand Pangkan occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pangkan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pangkan in the Bengali language
পংকনpankana-

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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 Pangkan
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