Frostan Surname

683,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 435 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Frostan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Frostan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran4341:176,91814,804
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Frostan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Frostan is borne by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Frostan? popularity and diffusion

Frostan is the 683,026th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 16,752,979 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Frostan live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Islamic South Asia.

This last name is most prevalent in Iran, where it is carried by 434 people, or 1 in 176,918. In Iran it is most prevalent in: Isfahan Province, where 27 percent live, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 16 percent live and East Azerbaijan Province, where 12 percent live. Excluding Iran this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Froostan9314/
Frostand931/
Frotan92129/
Frootan8614,104/
Froutan8645/
Froston8620/
Frestan869/
Frostam861/
Frestain801/
Froton77108/
Fratan772/
Froystein7517/
Fratean71597/
Freston71273/
Frătean71145/
Frotton71107/
Fratane7161/
Fıratan7135/
Froyton716/
Fraston713/
Fratang711/
Frouton711/
Fruston710/
Frathan710/
Freeston67873/
Fırathan67526/
Frastone6712/
Frauston6710/
Frastein679/
Frattane675/
Frathane673/
Frástein673/
Fröjstam671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Frostan
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