Pukun Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Pukun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pukun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
India21:383,532,6911,645,216

Pukun (598) may also be a first name.

Pukun Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pukun (Hindi: पुकुन, Oriya: ପୁକୁନ, Russian: Пукун) is carried by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pukun? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pukun live; 67 percent live in Southeast Asia and 67 percent live in Tai-Asia. Pukun is also the 341,904th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 598 people.

This surname is most numerous in Thailand, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 17,659,586. In Thailand Pukun is most numerous in: Bangkok, where 25 percent reside, Lamphun Province, where 25 percent reside and Phatthalung Province, where 25 percent reside. Aside from Thailand this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phukun9120/
Putkun912/
Pukunk911/
Pukhun911/
Paukune8350/
Phukung8311/
Puchkun8311/
Phukhun834/
Pukkung832/
Putkhun832/
Puskune831/
Pushkun831/
Puttkun831/
Pukhung831/
Pikun80380/
Pokun80287/
Pukon8056/
Phukhung771/
Phudkhun771/
Phukon7332,277/
Phikun733,838/
Pokhun73344/
Pikhun73164/
Phokun7362/
Piekun7331/
Pukhon7325/
Pukkum7317/
Pookun7316/
Phukum7313/
Putkum736/
Pudkum735/
Pucung734/
Poukum732/
Pikoun731/
Pukhum731/
Puykum731/
Pokoun731/
Pikkun731/
Pickun731/
Paukon731/
Paukkusen713/
Phukhon67253/
Phukhum67124/
Phookun6726/
Phokhun678/
Phikhun677/
Pookhun675/
Pukkhum674/
Phukkum673/
Putkoum671/
Phutthkhun671/
Pucusin671/
Pieckun671/
Peugkum671/
Phukonn671/
Phhukon671/
Poukhon671/
Pookkun671/

Pukun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pukun in the Oriya language
ପୁକୁନpukuna-
Pukun in the Hindi language
पुकुनpukuna80
पुकूनpukuna20
Pukun in the Russian language
Пукунpukun-

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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 Pukun
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