Puangchan Surname

1,263,456th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 182 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Puangchan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puangchan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand1811:390,26768,497
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Puangchan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Puangchan occurs in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Puangchan? popularity and diffusion

Puangchan is the 1,263,456th most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Puangchan live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Tai-Asia.

This surname is most widely held in Thailand, where it is held by 181 people, or 1 in 390,267. In Thailand Puangchan is mostly concentrated in: Ubon Ratchathani Province, where 38 percent reside, Satun Province, where 14 percent reside and Bangkok, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Thailand it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Puangchan
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