Pukan Surname
Approximately 534 people bear this surname
Pukan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 161 | 1:33,146 | 5,979 |
| India | 129 | 1:5,946,243 | 139,967 |
| Indonesia | 71 | 1:1,862,665 | 118,960 |
| Philippines | 57 | 1:1,776,109 | 113,042 |
| Ukraine | 32 | 1:1,422,584 | 115,871 |
| Thailand | 22 | 1:3,210,834 | 301,565 |
| Russia | 21 | 1:6,863,003 | 268,198 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Czechia | 10 | 1:1,063,347 | 80,937 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
The alternate forms: Pukán (6) are calculated separately.
Pukan (430) may also be a first name.
Pukan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pukan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pukan (Hindi: पुकन, Oriya: ପୁକନ, Russian: Пукан) is carried by more people in Slovakia than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Pukán. For other potential spellings of Pukan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pukan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 585,898th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 13,647,090 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 56 percent of Pukan are found; 42 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 32 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 413,955th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 430 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Slovakia, where it is held by 161 people, or 1 in 33,146. In Slovakia it is most prevalent in: Banská Bystrica Region, where 89 percent live, Nitra Region, where 7 percent live and Prešov Region, where 3 percent live. Besides Slovakia it is found in 24 countries. It is also found in India, where 24 percent live and Indonesia, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pukan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pukan in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁକନ | pukana | - |
| Pukan in the Hindi language | ||
| पुकन | pukana | 50 |
| पूकां | pukam | 25 |
| पूकन | pukana | 25 |
| Pukan in the Russian language | ||
| Пукан | pukan | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pukan
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