Pukhan Surname
Approximately 141 people bear this surname
Pukhan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 134 | 1:5,724,369 | 136,722 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
Pukhan (500) may also be a first name.
Pukhan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pukhan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pukhan (Hindi: पुखन, Marathi: पुखान, Russian: Пухан) is found most in India. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pukhan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,491,356th most widely held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 51,684,723 people. The surname Pukhan is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Pukhan are found; 96 percent are found in South Asia and 96 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Pukhan is also the 379,225th most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 500 people.
This surname is most common in India, where it is carried by 134 people, or 1 in 5,724,369. In India it is most numerous in: Assam, where 91 percent reside, Gujarat, where 3 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 2 percent reside. Excluding India this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 3 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pukhan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pukhan in the Hindi language | ||
| पुखन | pukhana | 89.87 |
| पुखान | pukhana | 3.8 |
| पुक्खन | pukkhana | 2.53 |
| पूखन | pukhana | 2.53 |
| पुखां | pukham | 1.27 |
| Pukhan in the Marathi language | ||
| पुखान | pukhana | 40 |
| फुरखान | phurakhana | 20 |
| पूखान | pukhana | 20 |
| पुखन | pukhana | 20 |
| Pukhan in the Russian language | ||
| Пухан | puhan | - |
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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 Pukhan
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