Pankha Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Pankha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pankha (951) may also be a first name.
Pankha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pankha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pankha (Hindi: पंखा, Marathi: पंखा, Oriya: ଖିେଲଇ) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pankha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,034,050th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. Pankha occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Pankha are found; 92 percent are found in South Asia and 79 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 261,963rd most commonly used forename internationally, borne by 951 people.
The surname Pankha is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 40,371,862. In India Pankha is mostly concentrated in: Madhya Pradesh, where 32 percent live, Uttar Pradesh, where 32 percent live and Bihar, where 16 percent live. Other than India this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 13 percent live and Thailand, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pankha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pankha in the Oriya language | ||
| ଖିେଲଇ | khiela'i | - |
| Pankha in the Marathi language | ||
| पंखा | pankha | - |
| Pankha in the Hindi language | ||
| पंखा | pankha | 98.43 |
| पानखा | panakha | 0.52 |
| पांखा | pankha | 0.52 |
| पनखा | panakha | 0.52 |
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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 Pankha
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