Forghani Surname

51,988th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,850 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Forghani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forghani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran9,4601:8,1171,120
United States1511:2,400,390147,856
Australia781:346,09929,260
Canada531:695,20056,020
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
England151:3,714,537119,675
Italy121:5,096,391108,968
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
France21:33,211,361423,184
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Forghani (141) may also be a first name.

Forghani Last Name Facts

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

Forghani occurs most in Iran. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Forghani? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 51,988th most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 739,852 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Forghani reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Forghani is also the 778,371st most commonly occurring forename globally, borne by 141 people.

This last name is most widely held in Iran, where it is held by 9,460 people, or 1 in 8,117. In Iran Forghani is most common in: Tehran Province, where 26 percent reside, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 14 percent reside and Isfahan Province, where 13 percent reside. Besides Iran this last name occurs in 29 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.

Forghani Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Forghani surname are 40.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 93.33% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Forghani earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 9.26% more than the national average, earning $47,146 USD per year and in Canada they earn 38.43% more than the national average, earning $68,774 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foorghani9411/
Forghanie941/
Forghaani941/
Forgani9317/
Forgagni8833/
Forghany8826/
Forganni8818/
Farghani8810/
Forgangi881/
Farhghani8210/
Forghaneh829/
Fourgaini821/
Fargani80398/
Forgoni8037/
Forgane807/
Farghana75177/
Farganis7552/
Forganes7527/
Fhargani751/
Farghaneh718/
Fargahana711/
Fargana67551/
Forgony67198/
Fargoni6762/
Forgone6740/
Fargany675/
Fargane674/
Forgóné671/
Varghane6386/
Varganyi6339/
Forgoine638/
Varganai636/
Fourgone634/
Varganni633/
Fargouni631/
Vargaanei591/
Vargane53230/
Fargone533/
Vargoni531/
Vargányi5015/
Vargonoi506/

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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 Forghani
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