Prakasan Surname

243,084th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,641 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Bahrain

Prakasan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prakasan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1,0711:716,21433,034
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
United Arab Emirates1571:58,3585,656
Qatar661:35,7273,681
Bahrain591:22,8584,582
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
England41:13,929,515290,718
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Prakasan (23,046) may also be a first name.

Prakasan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prakasan (Hindi: प्रकासन, Marathi: कासन) occurs most in India. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Prakasan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prakasan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Prakasan is the 243,084th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,440,918 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Prakasan are found; 65 percent are found in South Asia and 65 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Prakasan is also the 33,972nd most commonly occurring forename worldwide, held by 23,046 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 1,071 people, or 1 in 716,214. In India it is most numerous in: Kerala, where 89 percent live, Karnataka, where 2 percent live and Maharashtra, where 2 percent live. Aside from India this last name is found in 18 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 12 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Prakasan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Prakasan in the Hindi language
प्रकासनprakasana-
Prakasan in the Marathi language
कासनkasana50
काशनkasana50

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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
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