Dagestan Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Dagestan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dagestan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran251:3,071,30192,215
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

Dagestan (183) may also be a first name.

Dagestan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dagestan (Georgian: დაგესტან, Russian: Дагестан) is found most in Iran. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dagestan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,665,662nd most widely held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Dagestan reside; 86 percent reside in South Asia and 86 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Dagestan is also the 673,127th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 183 people.

The last name is most widely held in Iran, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 3,071,301. In Iran Dagestan is most numerous in: East Azerbaijan Province, where 64 percent reside, Tehran Province, where 24 percent reside and Khuzestan Province, where 4 percent reside. Other than Iran this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 7 percent reside and Jordan, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Dagestan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dagestan in the Georgian language
დაგესტანdagestan-
Dagestan in the Russian language
Дагестанdagestan-

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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 Dagestan
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