Phongkum Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Phongkum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phongkum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand841:840,933134,389
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Phongkum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Phongkum occurs in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Phongkum? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,034,059th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Phongkum reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 99 percent reside in Tai-Asia.

Phongkum is most frequently held in Thailand, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 840,933. In Thailand it is most common in: Ubon Ratchathani Province, where 82 percent live, Chiang Mai Province, where 11 percent live and Bangkok, where 5 percent live. Not including Thailand it exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live.

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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 Phongkum
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