Meshkian Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Meshkian Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meshkian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1611:476,91028,814
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Meshkian Last Name Facts

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

The last name Meshkian is found in Iran more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Meshkian? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,338,236th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. The last name Meshkian occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Meshkian reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.

This surname is most numerous in Iran, where it is borne by 161 people, or 1 in 476,910. In Iran Meshkian is primarily concentrated in: Fars Province, where 34 percent are found, Tehran Province, where 31 percent are found and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Iran Meshkian exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Denmark, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meschian8843/
Moshkian881/
Mieszkian8222/
Meshchian821/
Miskian805/
Maskian801/
Mischian7555/
Miskjian7517/
Moshkyan7515/
Mashqian751/
Meschean750/
Mitskyan638/
Moskojjan591/
Mızıkyan506/
Mosquion501/
Mischean500/

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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 Meshkian
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