Pokun Surname
Approximately 287 people bear this surname
Pokun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 119 | 1:593,600 | 101,063 |
| Mauritius | 112 | 1:11,548 | 2,513 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Pökün (91) are calculated separately.
Pokun (37) may also be a first name.
Pokun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pokun (Russian: Покун) has its highest incidence in Thailand. It can also be found in the variant forms: Pökün. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokun? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 921,780th most frequent family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 25,392,146 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 55 percent of Pokun reside; 46 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 41 percent reside in Tai-Asia. Pokun is also the 1,688,769th most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 37 people.
It is most frequently used in Thailand, where it is carried by 119 people, or 1 in 593,600. In Thailand it is primarily found in: Chonburi Province, where 72 percent are found, Pathum Thani Province, where 9 percent are found and Bangkok, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Thailand this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Mauritius, where 39 percent are found and India, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pokun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pokun in the Russian language | ||
| Покун | pokun | - |
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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 Pokun
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