Balukhan Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Balukhan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balukhan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan391:824,4418,487
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Balukhan (97) may also be a first name.

Balukhan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Balukhan (Hindi: बलूखां, Marathi: बालुखान) occurs in Afghanistan more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Balukhan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Balukhan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,055,934th most frequent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. Balukhan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Balukhan reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 962,660th most prevalent forename worldwide, held by 97 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 824,441. In Afghanistan Balukhan is mostly concentrated in: Helmand, where 26 percent reside, Kabul, where 23 percent reside and Farah, where 15 percent reside. Other than Afghanistan this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 2 percent reside and Pakistan, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Balukhan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Balukhan in the Marathi language
बालुखानbalukhana50
खानkhana50
Balukhan in the Hindi language
बलूखांbalukham37.5
बालूखांbalukham33.93
बलुखांbalukham19.64
बलूखॉbalukho1.79
बालूखानbalukhana1.79
बलुखानbalukhana1.79
बालुखानbalukhana1.79
बालुखांbalukham1.79

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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 Balukhan
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