Pangkay Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Pangkay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 71 | 1:1,862,665 | 118,960 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pangkay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pangkay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pangkay (Tibetan: སྤང་སྐེད།) is found most in Indonesia. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pangkay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,220,661st most widespread surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Pangkay live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 97 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 1,862,665. In Indonesia it is most common in: East Kalimantan, where 52 percent reside, East Java, where 18 percent reside and North Maluku, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Indonesia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pangkay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pangkay in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྤང་སྐེད། | pangké | - |
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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 Pangkay
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