Isfahan Surname

1,092,155th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 225 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Isfahan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Isfahan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1611:476,91028,814
Indonesia401:3,306,230179,945
Afghanistan71:4,593,31223,122
Lebanon61:939,51416,645
Pakistan41:44,660,971115,884
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340

Isfahan (585) may also be a first name.

Isfahan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Isfahan (Arabic: أصفهان, Hindi: इस्फहान) occurs in Iran more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Isfahan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,092,155th most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 32,389,093 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Isfahan are found; 77 percent are found in South Asia and 76 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Isfahan is also the 345,974th most frequent first name in the world, held by 585 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Iran, where it is borne by 161 people, or 1 in 476,910. In Iran it is most common in: Isfahan Province, where 22 percent are found, Golestan Province, where 15 percent are found and Tehran Province, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Iran this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 18 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 3 percent are found.

Isfahan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Armenian Catholic (60%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ishfahan931/
Isfhan922/
Esfahan861,160/
Isvahan8629/
Isfhaan862/
Isfan83907/
Izfahaan801/
Esfahant801/
Esfahand801/
Isfand7774/
Gisfan7753/
Ishfan774/
Iosfan771/
Isfain771/
Isfatin7110/
Esfaham712/
Işfan6798/
Esfan6768/
Išfan6714/
Ixfan6712/
Usfan677/
Jsfan671/
Isfon671/
Isfam671/
Esfand622,880/
Ichfan6222/
Yosfan6217/
Esfank621/
Jizfan621/
Husfan621/
Husfain571/
Eashfan571/
Esfon5012/
Exfan506/
Esfam501/

Isfahan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Isfahan in the Hindi language
इस्फहानisphahana-
Isfahan in the Arabic language
أصفهانasfhan-
اصفهانasfhan-

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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 Isfahan
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