Puktun Surname

1,558,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 132 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Puktun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Puktun 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
Thailand1311:539,22492,925
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Puktun Last Name Facts

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

Puktun is carried by more people in Thailand than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Puktun click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Puktun? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,558,593rd most common last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Puktun live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Tai-Asia.

This surname is most frequently held in Thailand, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 539,224. In Thailand it is most common in: Amnat Charoen Province, where 78 percent live, Chonburi Province, where 17 percent live and Bangkok, where 3 percent live. Besides Thailand this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, 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
Phuktun9222/
Pukhtun921/
Poktun831/
Pokthun77118/
Piektun772/
Puktoon771/
Pukhton771/
Pukhtunova754/
Pukhtoon711/
Pokton672/
Pictun671/
Paucton62156/
Phokton621/
Piektuń621/
Phokthon574/
Pocton500/
Pogton500/
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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 Puktun
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