Patrakar Surname

670,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 446 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Patrakar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Patrakar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India4451:1,723,74262,071
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413

Patrakar Last Name Facts

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

Patrakar (Hindi: पत्रकार, Marathi: पञकार) is found most frequently in India. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Patrakar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 670,508th most widespread last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 16,339,789 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Patrakar live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

This surname is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 445 people, or 1 in 1,723,742. In India it is most common in: Maharashtra, where 95 percent live, Bihar, where 2 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 1 percent live. Besides India it is found in one country. It also occurs in Nepal, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pathrakar9425/
Patrakaar941/
Pathradkar8925/
Pathratkar8910/
Patrekar88242/
Potrajkar829/
Pathrekar827/
Pathrokar822/
Potrekar7512/
Pothrekar712/

Patrakar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Patrakar in the Hindi language
पत्रकारpatrakara-
Patrakar in the Marathi language
पञकारpanakara57.14
काराकरkarakara14.29
पदमाकरpadamakara14.29
पञकारानेpanakarane14.29

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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 Patrakar
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