Gharayan Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Gharayan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | 98 | 1:29,900 | 1,770 |
| Iran | 46 | 1:1,669,185 | 63,826 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Gharayan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gharayan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gharayan (Georgian: ღარაიან) is carried by more people in Armenia than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gharayan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gharayan is the 1,459,453rd most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Gharayan are found; 67 percent are found in West Asia and 67 percent are found in Armeno-West Asia.
This surname is most frequent in Armenia, where it is carried by 98 people, or 1 in 29,900. In Armenia Gharayan is primarily concentrated in: Kotayk Province, where 35 percent live, Tavush Province, where 35 percent live and Yerevan, where 21 percent live. Aside from Armenia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 32 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gharayan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gharayan in the Georgian language | ||
| ღარაიან | gharaian | - |
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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 Gharayan
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