Pangkas Surname

1,009,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 252 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Pangkas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pangkas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia1581:186,67211,147
Philippines491:2,066,086120,732
Indonesia451:2,938,871165,726

Pangkas (124) may also be a first name.

Pangkas Last Name Facts

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

Pangkas is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pangkas? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pangkas is the 1,009,375th most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 28,918,833 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pangkas live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 81 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Pangkas is also the 836,439th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 124 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is carried by 158 people, or 1 in 186,672. In Malaysia it is most common in: Sarawak, where 91 percent reside, Kuala Lumpur, where 5 percent reside and Johor, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Malaysia this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 19 percent reside and Indonesia, where 18 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pangkash9377/
Peangkas931/
Pankas92113/
Pankasz86110/
Pankash8692/
Pangcas8617/
Pongkas8611/
Paunkas863/
Patinkas801/
Ppangkos801/
Pancas77102/
Pankos7732/
Pankaz779/
Ponkas771/
Pankász71150/
Pankatz7152/
Ponkats7119/
Pankosz7115/
Pongkos714/
Phonkas714/
Pongcas712/
Panqash712/
Pankots711/
Pounkas711/
Pancase711/
Ponkase711/
Pancast710/
Pongkose6736/
Ponkashe6712/
Pankosch673/
Phamkhas671/
Panquais671/
Pankhose670/
Pancasse670/
Pancaast670/
Pfankach670/

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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 Pangkas
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