Phanka Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Phanka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 63 | 1:1,121,244 | 165,873 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Phanka (37) may also be a first name.
Phanka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phanka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Phanka (Oriya: ଫ) is carried by more people in Thailand than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Phanka.
How Common Is The Last Name Phanka? popularity and diffusion
Phanka is the 2,352,516th most widely held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname Phanka occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Phanka are found; 97 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 97 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Phanka is also the 1,688,769th most common first name on earth, held by 37 people.
The last name Phanka is most commonly used in Thailand, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 1,121,244. In Thailand Phanka is most common in: Lampang Province, where 51 percent reside, Lamphun Province, where 22 percent reside and Songkhla Province, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Thailand this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent reside and Laos, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Phanka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Phanka in the Oriya language | ||
| ଫ | pha | 50 |
| ଫାା | phaa | 25 |
| ଫା | pha | 25 |
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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 Phanka
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