Gharsani Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Gharsani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gharsani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan61:5,358,86425,178
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Gharsani (17) may also be a first name.

Gharsani Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gharsani Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Gharsani is most common in Afghanistan. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gharsani? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most common surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Gharsani live; 88 percent live in South Asia and 75 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Gharsani is also the 2,694,839th most numerous given name globally, borne by 17 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 5,358,864. In Afghanistan it is mostly concentrated in: Nangarhar, where 50 percent reside, Herat, where 17 percent reside and Khost, where 17 percent reside. Not including Afghanistan Gharsani exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 13 percent reside and Yemen, where 13 percent reside.

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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 Gharsani
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