Last name Paktan (Paktan 
) , in all the world, is a very rare cognomen. The last name Paktan is characteristic of Turkey, where it is a very rare surname, Philippines, where it is an extremely rare surname, and the United States. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Turkey, India, and the United States. More frequently, Paktan is the forename as well as the last name.