Kohni Surname
Approximately 704 people bear this surname
Kohni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 694 | 1:110,638 | 10,580 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Köhni (11) are calculated separately.
Kohni (43) may also be a first name.
Kohni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kohni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kohni (Hindi: कोहनी) is found in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Köhni. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kohni? popularity and diffusion
Kohni is the 475,239th most frequent family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 10,351,628 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Kohni are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,545,828th most frequently held given name globally. It is borne by 43 people.
The surname Kohni is most commonly held in Iran, where it is held by 694 people, or 1 in 110,638. In Iran Kohni is mostly concentrated in: Tehran Province, where 25 percent live, East Azerbaijan Province, where 15 percent live and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 11 percent live. Outside of Iran this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kohni Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kohni in the Hindi language | ||
| कोहनी | kohani | - |
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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 Kohni
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