Proctan Surname

1,248,410th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 185 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Proctan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Proctan 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
Philippines1821:556,25462,503
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Proctan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Proctan occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Proctan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Proctan is the 1,248,410th most widely held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 39,392,140 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Proctan live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 93 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The last name is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 182 people, or 1 in 556,254. In The Philippines Proctan is most numerous in: Western Visayas, where 43 percent live, National Capital Region, where 20 percent live and Caraga, where 7 percent live. Outside of The Philippines it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent live.

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
Procton8628/
Prockton8021/
Proctone8015/
Practon711/
Praktan711/
Precton710/
Proktom571/
Praktong537/
Pragtong532/
Prakthong5069/
Pragthong506/
Pracktong501/
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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 Proctan
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