Khani Surname
Approximately 96,727 people bear this surname
Khani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 84,545 | 1:908 | 111 |
| India | 3,503 | 1:218,974 | 12,967 |
| Afghanistan | 2,403 | 1:13,380 | 824 |
| Pakistan | 2,391 | 1:74,715 | 2,674 |
| Saudi Arabia | 954 | 1:32,344 | 4,580 |
| United States | 470 | 1:771,189 | 59,919 |
| Iraq | 335 | 1:104,542 | 3,094 |
| South Africa | 294 | 1:184,278 | 20,137 |
| Botswana | 221 | 1:9,896 | 1,823 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Malaysia | 173 | 1:170,487 | 10,381 |
| Indonesia | 147 | 1:899,654 | 67,360 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Canada | 92 | 1:400,496 | 35,373 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Nepal | 73 | 1:390,150 | 3,951 |
| Turkey | 67 | 1:1,161,514 | 49,914 |
| Germany | 66 | 1:1,219,780 | 78,810 |
| England | 61 | 1:913,411 | 46,955 |
| United Arab Emirates | 60 | 1:152,705 | 11,648 |
| Zimbabwe | 46 | 1:335,614 | 32,404 |
| Russia | 45 | 1:3,202,735 | 169,516 |
| Jamaica | 43 | 1:66,743 | 3,387 |
| Sweden | 37 | 1:266,129 | 18,422 |
| Philippines | 30 | 1:3,374,607 | 147,509 |
| Australia | 24 | 1:1,124,821 | 62,883 |
| Denmark | 20 | 1:282,236 | 21,168 |
| Belgium | 20 | 1:574,832 | 53,219 |
| Seychelles | 18 | 1:5,133 | 784 |
| Norway | 17 | 1:302,487 | 30,120 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Georgia | 15 | 1:249,703 | 13,078 |
| Syria | 14 | 1:1,378,644 | 7,647 |
| Guyana | 14 | 1:54,444 | 4,775 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | 1:194,854 | 9,403 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 1:805,298 | 15,541 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Brunei | 2 | 1:209,366 | 3,098 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Khani (13,537) may also be a first name.
Khani Demographics
Average Khani Salary in
United States
$55,015 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Khani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Khani (Arabic: كحاني, Bengali: খনি, Georgian: ხანი, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺧﺎﻧﻲ, Hindi: खानी, Marathi: खानी, Oriya: ଖନି, Russian: Хани, Tibetan: ཁ་ནི་) is more commonly found in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Khani? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,835th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 75,341 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Khani live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 92 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Khani is also the 49,872nd most commonly occurring forename worldwide, held by 13,537 people.
This surname is most widely held in Iran, where it is held by 84,545 people, or 1 in 908. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Tehran Province, where 21 percent are found, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 8 percent are found and Isfahan Province, where 7 percent are found. Besides Iran it exists in 82 countries. It is also found in India, where 4 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 2 percent are found.
Khani Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Khani surname is principally Sunni (75%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Khani surname are 20.19% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 73.42% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Khani earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 42.49% less than the national average, earning 199,024 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 54.71% less than the national average, earning R 107,616 per year; in United States they earn 27.5% more than the national average, earning $55,015 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.86% more than the national average, earning $58,558 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khani in the Georgian language | ||
| ხანი | khani | - |
| Khani in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺧﺎﻧﻲ | khany | - |
| Khani in the Hindi language | ||
| खानी | khani | 89.15 |
| खनी | khani | 8.98 |
| खञी | khani | 0.44 |
| खान | khana | 0.22 |
| खण्ङी | khanni | 0.22 |
| खां | kham | 0.11 |
| खनि | khani | 0.11 |
| खांइ | khami | 0.06 |
| नानी | nani | 0.06 |
| खाणी | khani | 0.06 |
| खणी | khani | 0.06 |
| खांी | khami | 0.06 |
| खानि | khani | 0.06 |
| खांि | khami | 0.06 |
| Khani in the Bengali language | ||
| খনি | khani | 71.43 |
| খানি | khani | 14.29 |
| খানী | khani | 7.14 |
| খনিরুং | khanirum | 7.14 |
| Khani in the Marathi language | ||
| खानी | khani | 64.52 |
| खाणी | khani | 21.29 |
| खनी | khani | 6.13 |
| खािन | khaina | 3.87 |
| खणी | khani | 1.29 |
| खाञी | khani | 1.29 |
| खेांई | kheami | 0.65 |
| खंइ | khami | 0.32 |
| बानी | bani | 0.32 |
| फै | phai | 0.32 |
| Khani in the Oriya language | ||
| ଖନି | khani | 58.21 |
| ଖନୀ | khani | 23.88 |
| ଖଣି | khani | 13.43 |
| ଖାନି | khani | 2.99 |
| ଖାନୀ | khani | 1.49 |
| Khani in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཁ་ནི་ | khani | 50 |
| ཀཱ་ནི་ | kani | 50 |
| Khani in the Russian language | ||
| Хани | hani | - |
| Khani in the Arabic language | ||
| كحاني | khany | - |
| خاني | khany | - |
| الخاني | alkhany | - |
| خانى | khany | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Khani
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