Pirakhan Surname

653,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 462 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Pirakhan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pirakhan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India3851:1,992,37868,431
Afghanistan631:510,3686,383
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970

Pirakhan (535) may also be a first name.

Pirakhan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pirakhan (Hindi: पीरखां, Marathi: पठाण) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pirakhan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 653,013th most frequently held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,773,909 people. The last name Pirakhan is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Pirakhan are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 83 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Pirakhan is also the 364,566th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 535 people.

This surname is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 385 people, or 1 in 1,992,378. In India Pirakhan is most frequent in: Karnataka, where 92 percent live, Gujarat, where 4 percent live and Maharashtra, where 3 percent live. Beside India it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 14 percent live and Qatar, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pirakhan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pirakhan in the Hindi language
पीरखांpirakham63.13
पीराखांpirakham18.75
पीरखानpirakhana8.13
पीराखानpirakhana5
पीरखाँpirakham3.13
पिरखनpirakhana1.25
पीरखॉंpirakhom0.63
Pirakhan in the Marathi language
पठाणpathana41.88
िपरखांiparakham23.05
िपरखाँiparakham18.18
पीरखाँpirakham5.19
पीरखांpirakham4.87
पठानpathana4.55
िपरखानiparakhana0.97
िमरखाँimarakham0.32
िपरखँiparakham0.32
िपराखांiparakham0.32

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pirakhan
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