Hamadan Surname
Approximately 2,340 people bear this surname
Hamadan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 1,816 | 1:10,568 | 800 |
| India | 221 | 1:3,470,884 | 98,993 |
| Pakistan | 138 | 1:1,294,521 | 15,016 |
| Indonesia | 80 | 1:1,653,115 | 108,474 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Hamadan (1,254) may also be a first name.
Hamadan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamadan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hamadan (Hindi: हमदान, Marathi: हामदं) occurs more in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamadan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 181,784th most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,114,336 people. The surname Hamadan occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Hamadan live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 222,929th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 1,254 people.
Hamadan is most commonly used in Niger, where it is carried by 1,816 people, or 1 in 10,568. In Niger Hamadan is primarily found in: Agadez Region, where 54 percent are found, Tahoua Region, where 29 percent are found and Maradi Region, where 8 percent are found. Other than Niger this surname is found in 27 countries. It is also common in India, where 9 percent are found and Pakistan, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hamadan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hamadan in the Hindi language | ||
| हमदान | hamadana | 94.87 |
| हमदन | hamadana | 2.56 |
| हामदान | hamadana | 2.56 |
| Hamadan in the Marathi language | ||
| हामदं | hamadam | 43.14 |
| हमदान | hamadana | 41.18 |
| हासन | hasana | 3.92 |
| हामदान | hamadana | 3.92 |
| अहमद | ahamada | 3.92 |
| हमदं | hamadam | 1.96 |
| महमद | mahamada | 1.96 |
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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 Hamadan
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