Prkas Surname
Approximately 850 people bear this surname
Prkas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 846 | 1:906,697 | 39,280 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Prkas (283) may also be a first name.
Prkas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Prkas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Prkas (Hindi: प्रकास, Marathi: काश) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Prkas? popularity and diffusion
The surname Prkas is the 410,688th most frequent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 8,573,583 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Prkas are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 526,385th most commonly held given name globally, borne by 283 people.
The last name Prkas is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 846 people, or 1 in 906,697. In India Prkas is primarily found in: Uttar Pradesh, where 95 percent reside, Bihar, where 3 percent reside and Jharkhand, where 1 percent reside. Outside of India it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 0 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Prkas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Prkas in the Hindi language | ||
| प्रकास | prakasa | 98.02 |
| प्र्काश् | prkas | 0.28 |
| Prkas in the Marathi language | ||
| काश | kasa | 50 |
| परकाश | parakasa | 25 |
| कास | kasa | 25 |
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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 Prkas
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