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
The surname Purkana (Hindi: पुरकाना) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Purkana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Purkana live; 90 percent live in Southeast Asia and 90 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequently used given name throughout the world, held by 33 people.
The last name Purkana is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 14,694,355. In Indonesia Purkana is primarily concentrated in: West Java, where 89 percent are found and Aceh, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Indonesia Purkana exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 10 percent are found.
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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