Gashan Surname
Approximately 1,880 people bear this surname
Gashan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,212 | 1:63,352 | 6,753 |
| Somalia | 637 | 1:21,118 | 1,217 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Somaliland | 1 | 1:3,500,182 | 1,592 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Gashan (643) may also be a first name.
Gashan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gashan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gashan (Russian: Гашан) is most common in Iran. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gashan? popularity and diffusion
Gashan is the 217,988th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,876,354 people. The last name Gashan is mostly found in Asia, where 65 percent of Gashan live; 65 percent live in South Asia and 65 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Gashan is also the 327,926th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 643 people.
The surname Gashan is most commonly used in Iran, where it is carried by 1,212 people, or 1 in 63,352. In Iran it is most common in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 13 percent are found, Tehran Province, where 9 percent are found and Hormozgan Province, where 7 percent are found. Not including Iran it exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Somalia, where 34 percent are found and Russia, where 0 percent are found.
Gashan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gashan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gashan last name increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gashan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gashan in the Russian language | ||
| Гашан | gasan | - |
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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 Gashan
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