Ghalavand Surname
Approximately 7,071 people bear this surname
Ghalavand Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 7,054 | 1:10,885 | 1,445 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Ghalavand (25) may also be a first name.
Ghalavand Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghalavand Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ghalavand is held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghalavand? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 69,976th most frequently occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,030,625 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ghalavand live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Ghalavand is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held forename internationally, held by 25 people.
The surname Ghalavand is most frequent in Iran, where it is held by 7,054 people, or 1 in 10,885. In Iran it is mostly found in: Khuzestan Province, where 87 percent live, Lorestan Province, where 4 percent live and Tehran Province, where 3 percent live. Besides Iran it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 0 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghalavan | 94 | 3 | / |
| Ghalevand | 89 | 1 | / |
| Galavan | 88 | 468 | / |
| Ghalehvand | 84 | 2 | / |
| Gallavan | 82 | 174 | / |
| Golavand | 82 | 6 | / |
| Galavane | 82 | 1 | / |
| Galavaan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Galavant | 82 | 1 | / |
| Galatvan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ghalaban | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ghalawane | 78 | 1 | / |
| Gallavant | 78 | 0 | / |
| Galavaine | 78 | 0 | / |
| Galawan | 75 | 337 | / |
| Galaban | 75 | 252 | / |
| Galovan | 75 | 62 | / |
| Golavan | 75 | 10 | / |
| Galavam | 75 | 9 | / |
| Galavon | 75 | 0 | / |
| Galavanova | 74 | 37 | / |
| Gaylawan | 71 | 515 | / |
| Gallawan | 71 | 230 | / |
| Golaband | 71 | 46 | / |
| Ngalawan | 71 | 10 | / |
| Golavane | 71 | 6 | / |
| Gailawan | 71 | 4 | / |
| Galawane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gallovan | 71 | 0 | / |
| Gaylawang | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ghalouwan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Galyavong | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ghalavand
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