Bahan Surname
Approximately 9,035 people bear this surname
Bahan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,486 | 1:88,997 | 9,324 |
| Philippines | 1,238 | 1:81,776 | 14,160 |
| India | 1,089 | 1:704,376 | 32,633 |
| Ukraine | 936 | 1:48,635 | 7,049 |
| Burkina Faso | 860 | 1:21,340 | 1,438 |
| Yemen | 638 | 1:41,419 | 3,550 |
| Ivory Coast | 593 | 1:38,906 | 2,548 |
| United States | 573 | 1:632,564 | 50,965 |
| Pakistan | 560 | 1:319,007 | 6,538 |
| Romania | 235 | 1:85,438 | 9,965 |
| United Arab Emirates | 157 | 1:58,358 | 5,656 |
| Iraq | 100 | 1:350,217 | 6,594 |
| Iran | 79 | 1:971,931 | 45,393 |
| Canada | 64 | 1:575,712 | 47,839 |
| Papua New Guinea | 53 | 1:153,844 | 21,244 |
| Turkey | 51 | 1:1,525,910 | 59,107 |
| England | 48 | 1:1,160,793 | 54,689 |
| Afghanistan | 47 | 1:684,110 | 7,621 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Malaysia | 30 | 1:983,141 | 44,226 |
| Mexico | 26 | 1:4,774,085 | 28,474 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Syria | 14 | 1:1,378,644 | 7,647 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| Poland | 12 | 1:3,167,396 | 120,990 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Nepal | 7 | 1:4,068,708 | 11,207 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 10 | 1:442,987 | 15,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 312 | 1:160,957 | 14,692 |
The alternate forms: Bahań (1) are calculated separately.
Bahan (2,992) may also be a first name.
Bahan Demographics
Bahan Political Affiliation
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Bahan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bahan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bahan (Bengali: বাহন, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺤﺎﻥ, Hindi: बहन, Marathi: बहन, Oriya: ବାହାନ, Tibetan: བ་ཧན་) occurs most in Indonesia. It may be rendered as a variant: Bahań. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bahan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 56,150th most commonly used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 806,591 people. The surname Bahan is predominantly found in Asia, where 61 percent of Bahan live; 30 percent live in Southeast Asia and 17 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 132,356th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 2,992 people.
Bahan is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 1,486 people, or 1 in 88,997. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 88 percent live, Central Kalimantan, where 10 percent live and North Maluku, where 0 percent live. Not including Indonesia this surname occurs in 50 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 14 percent live and India, where 12 percent live.
Bahan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bahan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bahan surname increased 184 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 2,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bahan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Bahan surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Bahan last name are 8.88% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.65% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Bahan earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Colombia they earn 3.83% less than the national average, earning $21,833,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 10% more than the national average, earning $47,464 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.86% more than the national average, earning $50,109 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bahan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bahan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺤﺎﻥ | bhan | - |
| Bahan in the Tibetan language | ||
| བ་ཧན་ | bahen | - |
| Bahan in the Bengali language | ||
| বাহন | bahana | 92.86 |
| বহন | bahana | 7.14 |
| Bahan in the Hindi language | ||
| बहन | bahana | 88.94 |
| बहान | bahana | 5.16 |
| बहाना | bahana | 2.95 |
| बाहन | bahana | 1.97 |
| बहां | baham | 0.49 |
| भान | bhana | 0.25 |
| बाहान | bahana | 0.25 |
| Bahan in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାହାନ | bahana | 70.35 |
| ବାହନ | bahana | 20.99 |
| ବାହାନାଇଁ | bahana'im | 4.73 |
| ବହନ | bahana | 1.04 |
| ବହାନ | bahana | 0.32 |
| ବାହାନ୍ | bahan | 0.24 |
| ବାହାଣ | bahana | 0.16 |
| ହାହାନା | hahana | 0.08 |
| ବାହଣ | bahana | 0.08 |
| ମହାି | mahai | 0.08 |
| ବାହଁା | bahama | 0.08 |
| Bahan in the Marathi language | ||
| बहन | bahana | 46.43 |
| बाहाण | bahana | 21.43 |
| बहान | bahana | 14.29 |
| बाहन | bahana | 10.71 |
| अबहान | abahana | 3.57 |
| बहाण | bahana | 3.57 |
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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 Bahan
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