Pongkan Surname
Approximately 3,288 people bear this surname
Pongkan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 3,280 | 1:21,536 | 1,871 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Pongkan (75) may also be a first name.
Pongkan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pongkan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pongkan is most common in Thailand. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pongkan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 136,498th most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,216,407 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Pongkan are found; 100 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 100 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Pongkan is also the 1,116,575th most commonly occurring given name in the world It is held by 75 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Thailand, where it is held by 3,280 people, or 1 in 21,536. In Thailand it is mostly found in: Bueng Kan Province, where 16 percent live, Yasothon Province, where 10 percent live and Sisaket Province, where 10 percent live. Apart from Thailand it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 0 percent live and Malaysia, where 0 percent live.
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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 Pongkan
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