Kakhyan Surname
Approximately 1,055 people bear this surname
Kakhyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 908 | 1:4,125 | 879 |
| Abkhazia | 103 | 1:2,358 | 555 |
| Armenia | 37 | 1:79,194 | 3,131 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
Kakhyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kakhyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kakhyan (Georgian: კახიანი, Hindi: कख्यान, Russian: Кахян) is found most in Georgia. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakhyan? popularity and diffusion
Kakhyan is the 346,661st most widely held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 6,907,626 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Kakhyan live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 86 percent live in Kartvelo-West Asia.
This surname is most widespread in Georgia, where it is carried by 908 people, or 1 in 4,125. In Georgia Kakhyan is mostly concentrated in: Tbilisi, where 38 percent reside, Imereti, where 35 percent reside and Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Georgia this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Abkhazia, where 10 percent reside and Armenia, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kakhyan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kakhyan in the Hindi language | ||
| कख्यान | kakhyana | - |
| Kakhyan in the Georgian language | ||
| კახიანი | kakhiani | 99.9 |
| კახიან | kakhian | 0.1 |
| Kakhyan in the Russian language | ||
| Кахян | kahan | - |
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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 Kakhyan
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