Pthan Surname

567,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 557 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Pthan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pthan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India5191:1,477,96855,889
Pakistan291:6,160,13436,715
Qatar91:262,00030,726

Pthan (138) may also be a first name.

Pthan Last Name Facts

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

Pthan (Hindi: पठान, Marathi: पठाण) has its highest incidence in India. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pthan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 567,444th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 13,083,565 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Pthan live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 93 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 787,636th most frequently held given name worldwide. It is borne by 138 people.

Pthan is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 519 people, or 1 in 1,477,968. In India Pthan is mostly concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 94 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 3 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 2 percent live. Not including India this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 5 percent live and Qatar, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ptahan918/
Pthane916/
Pthaan916/
Phthan915/
Pthanh913/
Ptthan912/
Pthain911/
Ptan8931/
Phthang831/
Phtan8012/
Pttan805/
Ptane802/
Ptaan801/
Ptahn801/
Ptham801/
Bthan801/
Ptean801/
Ptacin7365/
Pteanc735/
Phtaan733/
Pthong732/
Bthanh731/
P'Thon731/
Ptam6713/
Vtan676/
Ptanova675/
Ptachin675/
Pton674/
Btan672/
Ptashyn671/
Ptahyna671/

Pthan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pthan in the Hindi language
पठानpathana-
Pthan in the Marathi language
पठाणpathana86.25
पठानpathana6.25
खानkhana1.25
ठाणthana0.63
पठाण्pathan0.31
पठाpatha0.31

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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 Pthan
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