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 occurs in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pongkan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 136,498th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,216,407 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pongkan live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 100 percent live in Tai-Asia. Pongkan is also the 1,116,575th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 75 people.
Pongkan is most common in Thailand, where it is carried by 3,280 people, or 1 in 21,536. In Thailand Pongkan is mostly concentrated in: Bueng Kan Province, where 16 percent live, Yasothon Province, where 10 percent live and Sisaket Province, where 10 percent live. Besides Thailand this surname occurs 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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