Pirakan Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Pirakan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pirakan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
India81:95,883,173728,828
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Pirakan (24) may also be a first name.

Pirakan Last Name Facts

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

Pirakan (Hindi: पिरकान, Marathi: िपरकान) is most common in Thailand. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pirakan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pirakan is the 3,882,373rd most widespread last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname Pirakan occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pirakan live; 69 percent live in Southeast Asia and 65 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently held given name on earth, held by 24 people.

It is most prevalent in Thailand, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 4,155,197. In Thailand it is mostly found in: Pathum Thani Province, where 65 percent live, Mae Hong Son Province, where 24 percent live and Bangkok, where 6 percent live. Apart from Thailand Pirakan occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 31 percent live and Malaysia, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pirakan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pirakan in the Hindi language
पिरकानpirakana-
Pirakan in the Marathi language
िपरकानiparakana-

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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 Pirakan
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