Badkhan Surname

164,716th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,632 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

Badkhan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Badkhan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen2,6001:10,1641,267
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Pakistan91:19,849,32172,658
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Badkhan (14) may also be a first name.

Badkhan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Badkhan (Russian: Бадхан) is found most in Yemen. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Badkhan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Badkhan is the 164,716th most prevalent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 2,768,824 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Badkhan live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 99 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used first name globally It is held by 14 people.

The last name is most frequent in Yemen, where it is held by 2,600 people, or 1 in 10,164. In Yemen it is mostly concentrated in: Shabwah Governorate, where 83 percent live, Hadramaut Governorate, where 15 percent live and Sana'a Governorate, where 3 percent live. Apart from Yemen this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 1 percent live and Pakistan, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Badkhan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Badkhan in the Russian language
Бадханbadhan-

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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 Badkhan
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