Nostan Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Nostan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 14 | 1:2,296,656 | 15,575 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Nostan (13) may also be a first name.
Nostan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nostan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nostan occurs most in Afghanistan. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nostan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nostan is the 4,427,875th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Nostan is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Nostan live; 70 percent live in South Asia and 70 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Nostan is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 13 people.
It is most widely held in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 2,296,656. In Afghanistan Nostan is most frequent in: Kabul, where 64 percent live, Faryab, where 7 percent live and Kunar, where 7 percent live. Apart from Afghanistan it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 25 percent live and Russia, where 5 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 Nostan
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