Fereshteh Surname

247,629th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,606 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Fereshteh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fereshteh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1,5781:48,6585,474
United States131:27,881,456736,413
England31:18,572,686338,250
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Fereshteh (277,249) may also be a first name.

Fereshteh Last Name Facts

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

Fereshteh (Arabic: فرشته) occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fereshteh? popularity and diffusion

It is the 247,629th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 4,537,700 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Fereshteh live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 3,790th most commonly held given name world-wide, borne by 277,249 people.

The last name Fereshteh is most frequently held in Iran, where it is borne by 1,578 people, or 1 in 48,658. In Iran Fereshteh is most common in: Tehran Province, where 23 percent reside, Fars Province, where 12 percent reside and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 10 percent reside. Barring Iran Fereshteh exists in 12 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Fereshteh Last Name Statistics demography

Fereshteh earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 32.24% more than the national average, earning $57,062 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Fereshteh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fereshteh in the Arabic language
فرشتهfrshth-

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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 Fereshteh
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