Prakah Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Prakah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 66 | 1:11,622,203 | 212,115 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Prakah (97) may also be a first name.
Prakah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Prakah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Prakah (Hindi: प्रकाश, Marathi: काह, Oriya: ପକାଶ) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Prakah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Prakah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,333,370th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. The last name Prakah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Prakah are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Prakah is also the 962,660th most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 97 people.
It is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 11,622,203. In India Prakah is primarily concentrated in: Delhi, where 30 percent live, Bihar, where 24 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account India this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Prakah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Prakah in the Oriya language | ||
| ପକାଶ | pakasa | - |
| Prakah in the Hindi language | ||
| प्रकाश | prakasa | 81.82 |
| प्रकह | prakaha | 9.09 |
| प्रकाह | prakaha | 9.09 |
| Prakah in the Marathi language | ||
| काह | kaha | 71.43 |
| पंकज | pankaja | 28.57 |
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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 Prakah
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