Gahana Surname
Approximately 576 people bear this surname
Gahana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 387 | 1:461,612 | 8,209 |
| India | 122 | 1:6,287,421 | 144,905 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gahana (480) may also be a first name.
Gahana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gahana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gahana (Arabic: قهاني, Hindi: गहना, Marathi: गहना, Oriya: ଗାହାଣ) occurs in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Gahana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gahana? popularity and diffusion
Gahana is the 553,576th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 12,651,989 people. Gahana occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Gahana live; 88 percent live in South Asia and 67 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 388,155th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 480 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is held by 387 people, or 1 in 461,612. In Pakistan Gahana is most numerous in: Punjab, where 100 percent live. Excluding Pakistan Gahana is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 21 percent live and Indonesia, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gahana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gahana in the Marathi language | ||
| गहना | gahana | 92.16 |
| लखन | lakhana | 1.96 |
| घटका | ghataka | 1.96 |
| गहणा | gahana | 1.96 |
| लहाणु | lahanu | 1.96 |
| Gahana in the Hindi language | ||
| गहना | gahana | 82.5 |
| गहाना | gahana | 10 |
| गहणा | gahana | 7.5 |
| Gahana in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାହାଣ | gahana | 54.88 |
| ଗହନା | gahana | 15.85 |
| ଗାହାଣା | gahana | 6.1 |
| ଗହଣା | gahana | 4.88 |
| ଗାହଣ | gahana | 3.66 |
| ଗାହଣା | gahana | 3.66 |
| ଗହନ | gahana | 3.66 |
| ଘନ | ghana | 1.22 |
| ଗହଣ | gahana | 1.22 |
| ଗାଆଣ | ga'ana | 1.22 |
| ଗର୍ାଣ | garana | 1.22 |
| ଖାହାଣ | khahana | 1.22 |
| Gahana in the Arabic language | ||
| قهاني | qhany | - |
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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 Gahana
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