Pokkan Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Pokkan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 43 | 1:17,838,730 | 274,051 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Pokkan (1,351) may also be a first name.
Pokkan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokkan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pokkan (Hindi: पोक्कन) is found most in India. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokkan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,483,783rd most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Pokkan live; 72 percent live in South Asia and 72 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Pokkan is also the 213,454th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 1,351 people.
This last name is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 17,838,730. In India Pokkan is most frequent in: Kerala, where 77 percent live and Karnataka, where 21 percent live. Besides India Pokkan occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 27 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pokkan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pokkan in the Hindi language | ||
| पोक्कन | pokkana | - |
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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 Pokkan
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