Pangkau Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Pangkau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
Pangkau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pangkau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pangkau is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pangkau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pangkau is the 5,057,639th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. Pangkau occurs mostly in Oceania, where 60 percent of Pangkau are found; 60 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 60 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
This surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Bougainville, where 100 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It is also common in Malaysia, where 40 percent live.
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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 Pangkau
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