Khoshan Surname
Approximately 285 people bear this surname
Khoshan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 140 | 1:548,447 | 31,494 |
| Iraq | 105 | 1:333,540 | 6,405 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Khoshan (792) may also be a first name.
Khoshan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khoshan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Khoshan (Bengali: খোশন, Marathi: खोषण) occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Khoshan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Khoshan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 926,175th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 25,570,337 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 93 percent of Khoshan live; 55 percent live in South Asia and 55 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 291,086th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 792 people.
The last name is most widespread in Iran, where it is borne by 140 people, or 1 in 548,447. In Iran Khoshan is mostly concentrated in: West Azerbaijan Province, where 53 percent live, Khuzestan Province, where 11 percent live and Tehran Province, where 11 percent live. Aside from Iran this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 37 percent live and England, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khoshan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khoshan in the Bengali language | ||
| খোশন | khosana | - |
| Khoshan in the Marathi language | ||
| खोषण | khosana | - |
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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 Khoshan
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