Ghaitan Surname
Approximately 3,993 people bear this surname
Ghaitan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 3,747 | 1:7,052 | 945 |
| Iraq | 220 | 1:159,189 | 4,045 |
| Palestine | 10 | 1:454,885 | 12,564 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Ghaitan (412) may also be a first name.
Ghaitan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghaitan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghaitan (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻏﻴﺘﺎﻥ) is found most in Yemen. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghaitan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ghaitan is the 115,593rd most frequent family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,825,080 people. Ghaitan occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ghaitan are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 94 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. Ghaitan is also the 423,803rd most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 412 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Yemen, where it is carried by 3,747 people, or 1 in 7,052. In Yemen Ghaitan is mostly found in: 'Amran Governorate, where 29 percent reside, Ibb Governorate, where 18 percent reside and Hadramaut Governorate, where 13 percent reside. Not including Yemen this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 6 percent reside and Palestine, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghaitan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghaitan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻏﻴﺘﺎﻥ | ghytan | - |
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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 Ghaitan
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