Purkana Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Purkana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Purkana (33) may also be a first name.
Purkana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purkana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Purkana (Hindi: पुरकाना) is found in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Purkana? popularity and diffusion
The last name Purkana is the 6,063,924th most frequent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Purkana are found; 90 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 90 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,807,719th most common first name at a global level, borne by 33 people.
Purkana is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 14,694,355. In Indonesia Purkana is primarily found in: West Java, where 89 percent reside and Aceh, where 11 percent reside. Besides Indonesia Purkana occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phurkana | 93 | 1 | / |
| Purkona | 86 | 14 | / |
| Purkani | 86 | 13 | / |
| Porkana | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pourkanash | 82 | 1 | / |
| Pourkani | 80 | 117 | / |
| Purkonah | 80 | 59 | / |
| Purkhani | 80 | 8 | / |
| Pirkhana | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pirkanai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Phirkana | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pourkhangah | 78 | 1 | / |
| Pourkhani | 75 | 680 | / |
| Pourkaneh | 75 | 10 | / |
| Purkoni | 71 | 86 | / |
| Pourrkhani | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pourkhaneh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Porkona | 71 | 1 | / |
| Porkhani | 67 | 711 | / |
| Pirkenau | 67 | 6 | / |
| Purceano | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pourkhahamneh | 60 | 2 | / |
| Pourkhouni | 59 | 2 | / |
| Porcano | 57 | 34 | / |
| Porkony | 57 | 2 | / |
| Porcane | 57 | 1 | / |
| Pircano | 57 | 1 | / |
| Pourkhoonej | 56 | 1 | / |
Purkana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Purkana in the Hindi language | ||
| पुरकाना | purakana | - |
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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 Purkana
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