Prankar Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Prankar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Prankar Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India81:95,883,173728,828
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

Prankar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Prankar (Hindi: प्रांकर, Marathi: परणकर) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Prankar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,587,209th most common last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 75 percent of Prankar live; 75 percent live in South Asia and 58 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

This surname is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 88 percent reside and Goa, where 13 percent reside. Excluding India this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prankhard882/
Pramkar861/
Pramhkar801/
Pramkard800/
Promkard672/
Promkare671/
Promkotr535/
Promkort531/
Promkhotr504/
Phromkotr501/
Promkhort501/
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Prankar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Prankar in the Hindi language
प्रांकरprankara-
Prankar in the Marathi language
परणकरparanakara50
ाणकरanakara33.33
परनकरparanakara16.67

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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 Prankar
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