Farayan Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Farayan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 63 | 1:1,218,770 | 52,259 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Farayan (45) may also be a first name.
Farayan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Farayan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Farayan (Hindi: फरयान, Marathi: फरयान, Russian: Фараян) is held by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Farayan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,185,341st most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Farayan are found; 95 percent are found in South Asia and 84 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Farayan is also the 1,504,468th most prevalent given name world-wide It is held by 45 people.
The last name Farayan is most frequently held in Iran, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 1,218,770. In Iran it is most numerous in: East Azerbaijan Province, where 90 percent reside, Khuzestan Province, where 8 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Iran this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 11 percent reside and Armenia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Farayan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Farayan in the Marathi language | ||
| फरयान | pharayana | - |
| Farayan in the Hindi language | ||
| फरयान | pharayana | 88.24 |
| फारयान | pharayana | 5.88 |
| फ़रायान | farayana | 5.88 |
| Farayan in the Russian language | ||
| Фараян | faraan | - |
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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 Farayan
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