Jahaan Surname
Approximately 37,404 people bear this surname
Jahaan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 37,075 | 1:4,818 | 475 |
| India | 315 | 1:2,435,128 | 78,411 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Jahaan (54,581) may also be a first name.
Jahaan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jahaan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jahaan (Hindi: जहां, Marathi: अहमद, Oriya: ଜାହାନ) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jahaan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jahaan is the 14,895th most common surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 194,833 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Jahaan reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 17,152nd most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 54,581 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is held by 37,075 people, or 1 in 4,818. In Pakistan Jahaan is mostly concentrated in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 67 percent are found, Punjab, where 14 percent are found and Balochistan, where 9 percent are found. Not including Pakistan this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jahaan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jahaan in the Hindi language | ||
| जहां | jaham | 70 |
| जहॅंा | jahema | 10 |
| जाहाॅ | jahae | 5 |
| जहआं | jaha'am | 5 |
| जहा | jaha | 5 |
| जहन | jahana | 5 |
| Jahaan in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜାହାନ | jahana | 66.67 |
| ଯ଼ାହାଂ | yaham | 33.33 |
| Jahaan in the Marathi language | ||
| अहमद | ahamada | 57.14 |
| जहाआरा | jaha'ara | 14.29 |
| जहां | jaham | 14.29 |
| जहा | jaha | 14.29 |
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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 Jahaan
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