Karkhan Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Karkhan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 68 | 1:515,024 | 8,412 |
| Iran | 16 | 1:4,798,908 | 119,068 |
| Afghanistan | 9 | 1:3,572,576 | 20,130 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Karkhan (14) may also be a first name.
Karkhan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karkhan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karkhan (Russian: Кархан) is most common in Iraq. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Karkhan? popularity and diffusion
Karkhan is the 1,860,621st most frequently used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. The surname Karkhan occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Karkhan reside; 69 percent reside in West Asia and 69 percent reside in Levant. It is also the 3,024,661st most widely held forename internationally. It is borne by 14 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Iraq, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 515,024. Other than Iraq it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 16 percent live and Afghanistan, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karkhan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karkhan in the Russian language | ||
| Кархан | karhan | - |
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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 Karkhan
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