Pulkan Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Pulkan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pulkan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Pulkan (88) may also be a first name.

Pulkan Last Name Facts

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

Pulkan (Hindi: पुलकन) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Pulkan.

How Common Is The Last Name Pulkan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Pulkan occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pulkan reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 75 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Pulkan is also the 1,017,994th most prevalent given name worldwide, borne by 88 people.

Pulkan is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 44,083,065. In Indonesia Pulkan is most common in: South Kalimantan, where 100 percent are found. Beside Indonesia Pulkan is found in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pulckan925/
Phulkan924/
Phulkhan861/
Polkan8334/
Pulcan831/
Pulkon830/
Pulkanova8036/
Polkhan7726/
Pholkan7715/
Paulcan775/
Pulkham774/
Pullkam771/
Pulkasem718/
Pholkhan717/
Phulkham711/
Pulkoten711/
Pullcant710/
Polcan6777/
Pulcon671/
Phoulkham671/
Polkhoon574/
Poolkoon572/
Polkhoun571/
Pholkoun571/
Pollkein570/
Polcon501/

Pulkan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pulkan in the Hindi language
पुलकनpulakana-

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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 Pulkan
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