Bekhani Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Bekhani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Bekhani (25) may also be a first name.
Bekhani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekhani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bekhani is found most frequently in Iran. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekhani? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Bekhani live; 89 percent live in South Asia and 89 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently occurring forename globally. It is borne by 25 people.
The last name Bekhani is most commonly held in Iran, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 9,597,816. In Iran it is primarily found in: Fars Province, where 88 percent live and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 13 percent live. Outside of Iran this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Norway, where 11 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 Bekhani
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