Prapan Surname

709,895th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 413 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Prapan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prapan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand3961:178,38029,012
India121:63,922,115578,870
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Prapan (2,989) may also be a first name.

Prapan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prapan (Hindi: प्रपन, Oriya: ପପନ, Tibetan: པྲར་པཱན་) is borne by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prapan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 709,895th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 17,645,390 people. The surname Prapan is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Prapan reside; 96 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 96 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 132,434th most commonly held given name on earth, held by 2,989 people.

Prapan is most numerous in Thailand, where it is carried by 396 people, or 1 in 178,380. In Thailand it is primarily concentrated in: Ubon Ratchathani Province, where 22 percent are found, Bangkok, where 14 percent are found and Surat Thani Province, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Thailand it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent are found and Malaysia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Prapan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Prapan in the Tibetan language
པྲར་པཱན་trarpen-
Prapan in the Oriya language
ପପନpapana-
Prapan in the Hindi language
प्रपनprapana66.67
प्रपन्नprapanna16.67
प्रपन्नाचार्यprapannacarya16.67

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Prapan
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