Dorkhan Surname

930,678th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 283 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Dorkhan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dorkhan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan2661:671,59410,289
Iran71:10,968,932186,522
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
England11:55,718,059489,080
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Dorkhan (229) may also be a first name.

Dorkhan Last Name Facts

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

Dorkhan occurs in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dorkhan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 930,678th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 25,751,046 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Dorkhan live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Dorkhan is also the 593,349th most frequently held given name at a global level, borne by 229 people.

Dorkhan is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is held by 266 people, or 1 in 671,594. In Pakistan it is most common in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 99 percent reside and Sindh, where 1 percent reside. Besides Pakistan this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 2 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Dorkhan
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