Derakhshani Surname

64,515th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,755 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Derakhshani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Derakhshani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran7,5781:10,1321,362
United States781:4,646,909242,363
Canada281:1,315,91492,927
Germany251:3,220,218147,383
England121:4,643,172139,951
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
France11:66,422,722504,397
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Derakhshani (101) may also be a first name.

Derakhshani Last Name Facts

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

Derakhshani occurs more in Iran more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Derakhshani? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 64,515th most numerous last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 939,722 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Derakhshani are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Derakhshani is also the 940,641st most frequently occurring forename globally It is held by 101 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Iran, where it is borne by 7,578 people, or 1 in 10,132. In Iran Derakhshani is most numerous in: Tehran Province, where 19 percent reside, East Azerbaijan Province, where 11 percent reside and West Azerbaijan Province, where 9 percent reside. Other than Iran this surname occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Derakhshani Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Derakhshani surname are 9.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.52% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Derakhshani earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 39.53% more than the national average, earning $60,207 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.01% less than the national average, earning $48,682 CAD per year.

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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 Derakhshani
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