Purakan Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Purakan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 35 | 1:21,916,154 | 310,282 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
Purakan (249) may also be a first name.
Purakan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purakan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Purakan (Bengali: পুরকান, Hindi: पुरकान, Marathi: पुरकन, Oriya: ପୁରକାନ) is found most frequently in India. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Purakan? popularity and diffusion
Purakan is the 3,141,416th most widespread last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Purakan are found; 90 percent are found in South Asia and 90 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Purakan is also the 565,047th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 249 people.
It is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 21,916,154. In India Purakan is primarily concentrated in: Uttar Pradesh, where 31 percent are found, Bihar, where 20 percent are found and Jharkhand, where 17 percent are found. Not including India this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phurakan | 93 | 243 | / |
| Pourakan | 93 | 12 | / |
| Puratkan | 93 | 4 | / |
| Purakhan | 93 | 4 | / |
| Purakain | 93 | 1 | / |
| Puraykkan | 88 | 3 | / |
| Puerajkan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Phurakhan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Puracan | 86 | 843 | / |
| Pirakan | 86 | 26 | / |
| Porakan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pirakhan | 80 | 462 | / |
| Phurakam | 80 | 47 | / |
| Puracand | 80 | 10 | / |
| Phorakan | 80 | 6 | / |
| Purakham | 80 | 4 | / |
| Poorakan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Phirakhan | 75 | 59 | / |
| Pirakhaan | 75 | 7 | / |
| Phurakhon | 75 | 4 | / |
| Pirakhann | 75 | 1 | / |
| Puthrakam | 75 | 1 | / |
| Piracan | 71 | 131 | / |
| Poracan | 71 | 25 | / |
| Pirokan | 71 | 16 | / |
| Phutrakham | 71 | 8 | / |
| Purakom | 71 | 6 | / |
| Pourakhond | 71 | 6 | / |
| Puitrakoon | 71 | 2 | / |
| Porakon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Purakhom | 67 | 20 | / |
| Pirakhon | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ppiracan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pouroodkhan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pieracan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Porakhon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pirekhaan | 63 | 21 | / |
| Pourroodkhan | 63 | 9 | / |
| Pirokhaan | 63 | 2 | / |
| Piracon | 57 | 628 | / |
Purakan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Purakan in the Bengali language | ||
| পুরকান | purakana | - |
| Purakan in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁରକାନ | purakana | - |
| Purakan in the Hindi language | ||
| पुरकान | purakana | 95.04 |
| पूरकान | purakana | 2.84 |
| पुराकान | purakana | 0.71 |
| फूरकान | phurakana | 0.71 |
| पूरकन | purakana | 0.71 |
| Purakan in the Marathi language | ||
| पुरकन | purakana | 50 |
| पुराकान | purakana | 50 |
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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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- 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 Purakan
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