Dahani Surname
Approximately 11,334 people bear this surname
Dahani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 5,110 | 1:3,591 | 444 |
| Morocco | 3,442 | 1:10,016 | 1,405 |
| Pakistan | 1,211 | 1:147,518 | 4,040 |
| Algeria | 575 | 1:67,185 | 10,973 |
| Yemen | 449 | 1:58,854 | 4,455 |
| France | 80 | 1:830,284 | 98,964 |
| Indonesia | 69 | 1:1,916,655 | 121,671 |
| Iran | 56 | 1:1,371,116 | 56,327 |
| Spain | 48 | 1:974,001 | 36,812 |
| India | 39 | 1:19,668,343 | 291,059 |
| Jordan | 38 | 1:232,696 | 10,057 |
| Lebanon | 34 | 1:165,797 | 7,705 |
| Niger | 29 | 1:661,794 | 16,082 |
| Benin | 24 | 1:430,650 | 30,545 |
| Nepal | 22 | 1:1,294,589 | 6,753 |
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| Ivory Coast | 16 | 1:1,441,952 | 30,506 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Guyana | 4 | 1:190,555 | 9,777 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Dahani (4,132) may also be a first name.
Dahani Demographics
Dahani Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Dahani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dahani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dahani (Bengali: দহনী, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﺣﻨﻲ, Hindi: दहनी, Marathi: दळवी, Oriya: ଦହନି) occurs most in Burkina Faso. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dahani? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 45,746th most common last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 642,981 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Dahani are found; 46 percent are found in West Africa and 45 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dahani is also the 108,163rd most common first name globally. It is borne by 4,132 people.
The surname is most widespread in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 5,110 people, or 1 in 3,591. In Burkina Faso Dahani is mostly found in: Est Region, where 72 percent live, Centre-Est Region, where 21 percent live and Centre Region, where 6 percent live. Not including Burkina Faso this surname exists in 40 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 30 percent live and Pakistan, where 11 percent live.
Dahani Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Dahani surname is primarily Sunni (86%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dahani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dahani in the Bengali language | ||
| দহনী | dahani | - |
| Dahani in the Hindi language | ||
| दहनी | dahani | 87.5 |
| दहानी | dahani | 7.5 |
| डहनी | dahani | 5 |
| Dahani in the Marathi language | ||
| दळवी | dalavi | 80 |
| दहनी | dahani | 20 |
| Dahani in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺪﺣﻨﻲ | aldhny | 66.67 |
| ﺩﺣﺎﻧﻰ | dhany | 33.33 |
| Dahani in the Oriya language | ||
| ଦହନି | dahani | 41.18 |
| ଦହନୀ | dahani | 37.25 |
| ଦହଣି | dahani | 9.8 |
| ଡାହାନି | d'ahani | 3.92 |
| ଦହଣୀ | dahani | 3.92 |
| ଡାହାଣି | d'ahani | 1.96 |
| ଡହନି | dahani | 1.96 |
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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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- 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 Dahani
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