Pankana Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Pankana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pankana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

Pankana (53) may also be a first name.

Pankana Last Name Facts

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

Pankana (Hindi: पंकना, Marathi: पंकना, Oriya: ସାମଲ) is borne by more people in Botswana than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Pankana.

How Common Is The Last Name Pankana? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,968,613th most common family name on earth, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Pankana live; 25 percent live in Central Africa and 25 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 53 people.

The last name is most widely held in Botswana, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 2,186,929. Other than Botswana Pankana exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent are found and India, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pankana Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pankana in the Hindi language
पंकनाpankana-
Pankana in the Marathi language
पंकनाpankana-
Pankana in the Oriya language
ସାମଲsamala33.33
ପଧାନpadhana33.33
ପଂକନାpankana33.33

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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 Pankana
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