Ghaghan Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Ghaghan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 15 | 1:11,909,592 | 53,778 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Ghaghan (27) may also be a first name.
Ghaghan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghaghan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghaghan (Hindi: धधन) is more frequently found in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghaghan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,908,606th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Ghaghan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ghaghan reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 94 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 27 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Pakistan, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 11,909,592. In Pakistan Ghaghan is primarily found in: Punjab, where 93 percent are found and Sindh, where 7 percent are found. Besides Pakistan this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghaghan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghaghan in the Hindi language | ||
| धधन | dhadhana | - |
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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 Ghaghan
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