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
Pokkan (Hindi: पोक्कन) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokkan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,483,783rd most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Pokkan are found; 72 percent are found in South Asia and 72 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Pokkan is also the 213,454th most frequently occurring given name worldwide, borne by 1,351 people.
Pokkan is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 17,838,730. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Kerala, where 77 percent are found and Karnataka, where 21 percent are found. Aside from India this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 27 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.
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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