Ghoraghan Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Ghoraghan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ghoraghan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran961:799,81840,023
India171:45,121,493474,784

Ghoraghan (12) may also be a first name.

Ghoraghan Last Name Facts

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

Ghoraghan has its highest incidence in Iran. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghoraghan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,718,748th most common family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Ghoraghan live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 85 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Ghoraghan is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name globally, held by 12 people.

The last name is most numerous in Iran, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 799,818. In Iran it is mostly found in: Tehran Province, where 36 percent are found, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, where 19 percent are found and Kermanshah Province, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Iran this last name exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 15 percent are found.

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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 Ghoraghan
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