Porkan Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Porkan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porkan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia191:6,960,484292,931
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Porkan (16) may also be a first name.

Porkan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Porkan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Porkan (Marathi: फुरकान) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Porkan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Porkan is the 3,957,383rd most frequent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Porkan live; 96 percent live in Southeast Asia and 96 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 16 people.

This last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 6,960,484. In Indonesia Porkan is most prevalent in: West Kalimantan, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Indonesia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 20 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pourkan92490/
Porkhan9246/
Porkkan921/
Pourkhan86337/
Poorkand864/
Parkan83462/
Purkan8360/
Porkon8324/
Perkan8323/
Porcan8313/
Porkanova801/
Porkheant800/
Parkhan77104/
Perkhan7740/
Phurkan7737/
Porcean7736/
Purkhan7713/
Porkham7712/
Purkain777/
Perkaan776/
Perkcan776/
Parkane774/
Pharkan773/
Porcang771/
Parkamn771/
Purkaan771/
Perkain771/
Porcane771/
Parkain770/
Porkhanova7529/
Peerkhan71142/
Porkhoun712/
Parkatin712/
Phurkhan712/
Pasrkhan711/
Parkaine711/
Phurkaan711/
Pharkand711/
Porkoung711/
Purkon671,996/
Parcan671,750/
Percan67411/
Parkanová67157/
Perkon67156/
Porcon67114/
Parkanova6777/
Parkán6728/
Parkon6712/
Purqan6712/
Purkanova6710/
Parkhatin678/
Porcam676/
Porkom671/
Pourkhoon671/
Pourkatem671/
Purcan671/

Porkan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Porkan in the Marathi language
फुरकानphurakana-

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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 Porkan
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