Kahin Surname
Approximately 34,465 people bear this surname
Kahin Surname User-submission:
Kahin is an Arabic surname meaning 'priest' or 'seer'.
Kahin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somaliland | 23,386 | 1:150 | 30 |
| Somalia | 5,735 | 1:2,346 | 234 |
| Sudan | 3,920 | 1:9,569 | 1,352 |
| Djibouti | 574 | 1:1,594 | 166 |
| Kenya | 398 | 1:116,030 | 9,816 |
| United States | 125 | 1:2,899,671 | 170,778 |
| England | 62 | 1:898,678 | 46,462 |
| Ivory Coast | 61 | 1:378,217 | 13,194 |
| Canada | 35 | 1:1,052,731 | 78,176 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Sweden | 22 | 1:447,580 | 32,003 |
| Norway | 22 | 1:233,740 | 25,571 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Iran | 6 | 1:12,797,087 | 199,837 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
Kahin (1,740) may also be a first name.
Kahin Surname Meaning
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Kahin is an Arabic surname meaning 'priest' or 'seer'.
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Where Does The Last Name Kahin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kahin (Arabic: كاهين, Bengali: কহীনরুং, Hindi: कहिन, Marathi: फहीन, Oriya: କହିନ) is found most frequently in Somaliland. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahin? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 16,168th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 211,448 people. The last name Kahin occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kahin are found; 87 percent are found in East Africa and 87 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. Kahin is also the 183,817th most common given name worldwide It is held by 1,740 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Somaliland, where it is borne by 23,386 people, or 1 in 150. Barring Somaliland this last name occurs in 39 countries. It is also common in Somalia, where 17 percent are found and Sudan, where 11 percent are found.
Kahin Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Muslim (88%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Kahin surname are 16% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 69.23% registered with the party.
The amount Kahin earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 14.52% less than the national average, earning 295,839 kr per year; in United States they earn 29.39% less than the national average, earning $30,468 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.15% less than the national average, earning $43,148 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kahin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kahin in the Bengali language | ||
| কহীনরুং | kahinarum | 50 |
| কহিন | kahina | 50 |
| Kahin in the Hindi language | ||
| कहिन | kahina | 50 |
| कहीन | kahina | 25 |
| काहिन | kahina | 25 |
| Kahin in the Oriya language | ||
| କହିନ | kahina | 50 |
| କାହିନ | kahina | 50 |
| Kahin in the Marathi language | ||
| फहीन | phahina | 50 |
| कहीन | kahina | 50 |
| Kahin in the Arabic language | ||
| كاهين | kahyn | - |
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