Sookanan Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Guyana

Sookanan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sookanan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand231:3,071,232294,953
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Guyana41:190,5559,777
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Sookanan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sookanan is more commonly found in Thailand than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sookanan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,373,373rd most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 71 percent of Sookanan are found; 71 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 68 percent are found in Tai-Asia.

The surname is most frequently held in Thailand, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 3,071,232. In Thailand Sookanan is most numerous in: Bangkok, where 83 percent are found, Pattani Province, where 4 percent are found and Roi Et Province, where 4 percent are found. Barring Thailand this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent are found and Guyana, where 12 percent are found.

Sookanan Last Name Statistics demography

Sookanan earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 USD per year.

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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 Sookanan
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