Pokan Surname
Approximately 234 people bear this surname
Pokan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 51 | 1:1,385,066 | 192,885 |
| Liberia | 39 | 1:113,039 | 8,770 |
| Ukraine | 35 | 1:1,300,648 | 109,855 |
| Philippines | 25 | 1:4,049,529 | 157,830 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Pokan (167) may also be a first name.
Pokan Demographics
Pokan Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Pokan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pokan (Bengali: পোকন, Hindi: पोकन, Marathi: पोकन, Oriya: େପାକନ, Russian: Покан) is held by more people in Thailand than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pokan is the 1,064,392nd most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,143,359 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 41 percent of Pokan are found; 35 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 22 percent are found in Tai-Asia. It is also the 708,111th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 167 people.
It is most frequently used in Thailand, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 1,385,066. In Thailand Pokan is most common in: Nakhon Sawan Province, where 92 percent are found, Chiang Mai Province, where 2 percent are found and Krabi Province, where 2 percent are found. Besides Thailand it occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 17 percent are found and Ukraine, where 15 percent are found.
Pokan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Pokan has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 156 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Pokan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Pokan last name is chiefly Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.
Pokan earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26.71% less than the national average, earning $31,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pokan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pokan in the Bengali language | ||
| পোকন | pokana | - |
| Pokan in the Oriya language | ||
| େପାକନ | epakana | - |
| Pokan in the Marathi language | ||
| पोकन | pokana | 95.45 |
| पोकण | pokana | 4.55 |
| Pokan in the Hindi language | ||
| पोकन | pokana | 93.33 |
| पोकना | pokana | 6.67 |
| Pokan in the Russian language | ||
| Покан | pokan | - |
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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 Pokan
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