Pragan Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Poland

Pragan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pragan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Pragan (334) may also be a first name.

Pragan Last Name Facts

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

Pragan (Hindi: प्रगन, Marathi: गान) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pragan? popularity and diffusion

Pragan is the 7,593,402nd most widely held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Pragan is mostly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Pragan live; 50 percent live in South Asia and 50 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Pragan is also the 478,963rd most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 334 people.

The last name is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 255,688,461. In India it is most common in: Bihar, where 33 percent live and Tamil Nadu, where 33 percent live. Besides India this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 33 percent live and Poland, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prangan92561/
Praghan92462/
Pragane92219/
Pragand921/
Praghane86236/
Pragasen8619/
Progan8322/
Pragon8310/
Pragassen8090/
Pragasing802/
Prangon7784/
Prägant7723/
Preegan772/
Pragham771/
Praygam771/
Progahn771/
Prangoon716/
Proughan711/
Praughon711/
Preagone710/
Pregon67302/
Progon6716/
Proganova671/
Prachgosin6317/
Prongon6220/
Progoin621/
Progohn620/
Preigon620/
Pregoń508/

Pragan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pragan in the Hindi language
प्रगनpragana88.57
प्रगणpragana2.86
प्रगंनpraganna2.86
प्रागांpragam2.86
प्रागनpragana2.86
Pragan in the Marathi language
गानgana33.33
गनgana33.33
गणgana33.33

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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 Pragan
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