Pengkun Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Pengkun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pengkun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Pengkun (7,887) may also be a first name.

Pengkun Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pengkun is more commonly found in Thailand than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pengkun? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most common family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pengkun reside; 86 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 71 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 71,768th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 7,887 people.

The surname is most widespread in Thailand, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 14,127,669. In Thailand it is mostly concentrated in: Chiang Mai Province, where 80 percent live and Chiang Rai Province, where 20 percent live. Barring Thailand it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in China, where 14 percent live and Malaysia, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paengkun9389/
Puengkun931/
Penkun9253/
Paengkhun881/
Penkhun86113/
Penkuhn8688/
Pingkun8652/
Pengkum8621/
Pengcun862/
Pengkhum8058/
Pengkkum801/
Pyongkun801/
Pinkun77508/
Penkon7751/
Pencun774/
Pingkum716/
Penkoon714/
Pingcun711/
Penkhum711/
Pinkuhn711/
Pinkhun710/
Pingkhum674/
Pingkhon671/
Pingkoon671/
Pinkon6283/
Pimkun623/
Pincun621/
Pencon621/
Pinkhum5745/
Pinkoon579/
Pimkhun572/
Pinkkum571/
Pimkung571/
Pinkcoon531/

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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 Pengkun
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