Nakhani Surname
Approximately 319 people bear this surname
Nakhani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 195 | 1:393,757 | 25,391 |
| India | 120 | 1:6,392,212 | 146,413 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
Nakhani (34) may also be a first name.
Nakhani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakhani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nakhani (Hindi: नखानी, Marathi: नाखानी) occurs in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakhani? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 855,216th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,844,972 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Nakhani reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 61 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,775,424th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 34 people.
The surname is most frequent in Iran, where it is carried by 195 people, or 1 in 393,757. In Iran Nakhani is primarily concentrated in: Kermanshah Province, where 84 percent live, Tehran Province, where 8 percent live and Alborz Province, where 5 percent live. Aside from Iran this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 38 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nakhani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nakhani in the Marathi language | ||
| नाखानी | nakhani | 49.32 |
| नखानी | nakhani | 31.51 |
| नाखाणी | nakhani | 19.18 |
| Nakhani in the Hindi language | ||
| नखानी | nakhani | 43.75 |
| नारवानी | naravani | 25 |
| नाखानी | nakhani | 18.75 |
| नखनी | nakhani | 6.25 |
| नाखनी | nakhani | 6.25 |
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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 Nakhani
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