Prachanan Surname

619,831st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 496 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Prachanan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prachanan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand4941:142,99322,367
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Prachanan (27) may also be a first name.

Prachanan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Prachanan is borne by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Prachanan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Prachanan is the 619,831st most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 14,692,633 people. Prachanan occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Prachanan are found; 100 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 100 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Prachanan is also the 2,036,353rd most widely held first name on earth It is held by 27 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Thailand, where it is borne by 494 people, or 1 in 142,993. In Thailand it is primarily found in: Kalasin Province, where 36 percent are found, Sakon Nakhon Province, where 33 percent are found and Ubon Ratchathani Province, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Thailand it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 0 percent are found and Switzerland, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Prachanan
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