Phokan Surname
Approximately 267 people bear this surname
Phokan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 244 | 1:3,143,711 | 92,729 |
| Thailand | 23 | 1:3,071,232 | 294,953 |
Phokan (77) may also be a first name.
Phokan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phokan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Phokan (Hindi: फोकन, Marathi: फोकन) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Phokan.
How Common Is The Last Name Phokan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 970,883rd most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 27,294,179 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Phokan reside; 91 percent reside in South Asia and 91 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Phokan is also the 1,100,117th most prevalent given name internationally It is held by 77 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 244 people, or 1 in 3,143,711. In India it is most frequent in: Assam, where 96 percent reside, Arunachal Pradesh, where 2 percent reside and Gujarat, where 1 percent reside. Besides India this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Phokan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Phokan in the Hindi language | ||
| फोकन | phokana | - |
| Phokan in the Marathi language | ||
| फोकन | phokana | - |
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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 Phokan
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