Kharwan Surname

1,235,409th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Palestine

Kharwan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kharwan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1801:4,261,474113,127
Palestine41:1,137,21216,054
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633

Kharwan (21) may also be a first name.

Kharwan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kharwan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kharwan has its highest incidence in India. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kharwan.

How Common Is The Last Name Kharwan? popularity and diffusion

Kharwan is the 1,235,409th most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 38,763,542 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kharwan live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently held forename throughout the world, held by 21 people.

This surname is most widespread in India, where it is held by 180 people, or 1 in 4,261,474. In India Kharwan is most numerous in: Meghalaya, where 96 percent live, Bihar, where 3 percent live and Haryana, where 1 percent live. Excluding India this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Palestine, where 2 percent live and Afghanistan, where 1 percent live.

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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 Kharwan
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