Alighan Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Alighan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 48 | 1:1,599,636 | 62,090 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Alighan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alighan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alighan occurs more in Iran more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Alighan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alighan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,635,433rd most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. Alighan is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Alighan live; 91 percent live in South Asia and 89 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
The last name Alighan is most commonly used in Iran, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 1,599,636. In Iran Alighan is mostly concentrated in: Yazd Province, where 100 percent live. Aside from Iran it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent live and Bahrain, where 2 percent live.
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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 Alighan
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