Pragasan Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Pragasan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pragasan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pragasan (460) may also be a first name.

Pragasan Last Name Facts

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

Pragasan (Hindi: प्रगासन, Marathi: गासन) is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pragasan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pragasan is the 3,228,735th most commonly used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Pragasan reside; 76 percent reside in Southern Africa and 76 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Pragasan is also the 397,789th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 460 people.

The last name Pragasan is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 1,934,918. In South Africa Pragasan is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 96 percent reside and Western Cape, where 4 percent reside. Aside from South Africa it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 8 percent reside and Malaysia, where 8 percent reside.

Pragasan Last Name Statistics demography

Pragasan earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 89.6% more than the national average, earning R 450,564 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pragashan942/
Pragassang891/
Pragasam88787/
Pragasen8819/
Pragason880/
Pragassam82116/
Pragassen8290/
Prageshan821/
Praigason821/
Progasian821/
Ppragasam821/
Progasam751/
Pragasom751/
Progajang712/
Pregassen711/
Progasom6330/

Pragasan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pragasan in the Hindi language
प्रगासनpragasana-
Pragasan in the Marathi language
गासनgasana-

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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 Pragasan
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