Dahun Surname
Approximately 259 people bear this surname
Dahun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 120 | 1:37,907 | 4,515 |
| Indonesia | 72 | 1:1,836,794 | 117,778 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Dahun (360) may also be a first name.
Dahun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dahun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dahun (Arabic: دهون, Hindi: दहूण, Marathi: डहुन) occurs most in Palestine. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dahun? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dahun is the 990,978th most prevalent family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 28,137,243 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 81 percent of Dahun live; 51 percent live in West Asia and 46 percent live in Levant. Dahun is also the 458,892nd most widely held given name on earth. It is borne by 360 people.
It is most commonly held in Palestine, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 37,907. In Palestine Dahun is primarily concentrated in: Jenin Governorate, where 100 percent live. Barring Palestine this last name occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 28 percent live and Nigeria, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dahun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dahun in the Marathi language | ||
| डहुन | dahuna | - |
| Dahun in the Hindi language | ||
| दहूण | dahuna | 66.67 |
| दाहूं | dahum | 33.33 |
| Dahun in the Arabic language | ||
| دهون | dhwn | - |
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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 Dahun
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