Petchan Surname
Approximately 268 people bear this surname
Petchan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 133 | 1:531,115 | 91,871 |
| Philippines | 131 | 1:772,811 | 75,228 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Petchan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petchan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Petchan occurs in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Petchan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petchan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 968,490th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 27,192,336 people. The surname Petchan occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Petchan live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 50 percent live in Tai-Asia.
It is most commonly used in Thailand, where it is held by 133 people, or 1 in 531,115. In Thailand it is most common in: Trang Province, where 32 percent are found, Phatthalung Province, where 29 percent are found and Bangkok, where 8 percent are found. Besides Thailand this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 49 percent are found and Israel, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Petchan
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