Pokwan Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Pokwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 66 | 1:1,070,278 | 160,486 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pokwan (23) may also be a first name.
Pokwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pokwan is found most in Thailand. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokwan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,293,424th most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Pokwan are found; 96 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 96 percent are found in Tai-Asia. It is also the 2,239,265th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 23 people.
Pokwan is most frequently held in Thailand, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 1,070,278. In Thailand it is most common in: Nakhon Nayok Province, where 92 percent live, Lopburi Province, where 6 percent live and Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, where 2 percent live. Besides Thailand this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Hong Kong, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pokwane | 92 | 30 | / |
| Phokwan | 92 | 1 | / |
| Phokwane | 86 | 1,412 | / |
| Phonkwan | 86 | 2 | / |
| Pookkwan | 86 | 2 | / |
| Pakwan | 83 | 721 | / |
| Pogwan | 83 | 39 | / |
| Pekwan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Phookwane | 80 | 22 | / |
| Phoonkwan | 80 | 10 | / |
| Phongkwan | 80 | 5 | / |
| Phokwhang | 80 | 4 | / |
| Pongkwuan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Phakwan | 77 | 574 | / |
| Phukwan | 77 | 215 | / |
| Pankwan | 77 | 96 | / |
| Putkwan | 77 | 80 | / |
| Ponkuan | 77 | 30 | / |
| Pakwhan | 77 | 18 | / |
| Pakhwan | 77 | 13 | / |
| Pukwane | 77 | 11 | / |
| Pakwane | 77 | 11 | / |
| Pookwon | 77 | 4 | / |
| Phokwon | 77 | 4 | / |
| Packwan | 77 | 3 | / |
| Pukkwan | 77 | 2 | / |
| Puikwan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Punkwan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pukwang | 77 | 1 | / |
| Paukwan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pokuanh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Poqwane | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phookkhwan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Phukwane | 71 | 77 | / |
| Phokwong | 71 | 18 | / |
| Phakwane | 71 | 11 | / |
| Phukwang | 71 | 8 | / |
| Pakwanne | 71 | 5 | / |
| Phaekwan | 71 | 4 | / |
| Phakwang | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ponghwan | 71 | 3 | / |
| Phakhwan | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pakhwaan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phatkwan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phaukwan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Puykwang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phutkwan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Poungwan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pakuan | 67 | 58 | / |
| Pagwan | 67 | 20 | / |
| Pogban | 67 | 19 | / |
| Pakwam | 67 | 15 | / |
| Phongwhan | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pugwan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pacwan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pakwon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poquan | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Pokwan
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