Gahni Surname
Approximately 473 people bear this surname
Gahni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 360 | 1:496,233 | 8,599 |
| Malaysia | 69 | 1:427,453 | 22,065 |
| India | 38 | 1:20,185,931 | 296,209 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Gahni (287) may also be a first name.
Gahni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gahni Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gahni (Hindi: गहनि, Oriya: ଗହନ୍ି) is found most frequently in Pakistan. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gahni? popularity and diffusion
Gahni is the 642,034th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 15,407,074 people. Gahni is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Gahni reside; 84 percent reside in South Asia and 82 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Gahni is also the 522,011th most numerous forename globally, held by 287 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 360 people, or 1 in 496,233. In Pakistan Gahni is most prevalent in: Sindh, where 46 percent live, Punjab, where 23 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 20 percent live. Beside Pakistan it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 15 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.
Gahni Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gahni has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gahni last name decreased 25 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gahni Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gahni in the Hindi language | ||
| गहनि | gahani | - |
| Gahni in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗହନ୍ି | gahani | 66.67 |
| ଗହନ୍ୀ | gahani | 33.33 |
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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 Gahni
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