Al-Markhan Surname

1,310,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Al-Markhan Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Al.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Al-Markhan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan1711:188,0303,644
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Al-Markhan (84) may also be a first name.

Al-Markhan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Al-Markhan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Al-Markhan is held by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Al-Markhan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Al-Markhan is the 1,310,135th most common surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. The surname Al-Markhan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Al-Markhan reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Al-Markhan is also the 1,046,220th most frequent first name globally, held by 84 people.

Al-Markhan is most commonly used in Afghanistan, where it is held by 171 people, or 1 in 188,030. In Afghanistan it is primarily concentrated in: Khost, where 55 percent are found, Paktia, where 22 percent are found and Paktika, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Afghanistan this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Al-Marhon842/
Al-Marjan842/
Al-Marhoon803,036/
Al-Marhoun80482/
Al Marjan74488/
Al-Marqam745/
Al Marqan742/
Al Marhon741/
Al Marhoon701,473/
Al Marhoun70239/
Al-Marhoom70199/
Al-Marhoum704/
Al Morjan632/
Al Marhoum60117/
Al Marhoom601/
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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 Al-Markhan
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