Kahiani Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Kahiani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 227 | 1:338,249 | 22,944 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kahiani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kahiani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kahiani is borne by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kahiani.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahiani? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,070,546th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 31,411,836 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Kahiani are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.
The last name Kahiani is most widespread in Iran, where it is borne by 227 people, or 1 in 338,249. In Iran it is mostly found in: Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, where 63 percent are found, Bushehr Province, where 13 percent are found and Isfahan Province, where 11 percent are found. Not including Iran it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 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
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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 Kahiani
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