Panahan Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Panahan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 96 | 1:799,818 | 40,023 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
Panahan (25) may also be a first name.
Panahan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Panahan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Panahan is borne by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Panahan? popularity and diffusion
Panahan is the 1,839,022nd most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. The last name Panahan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Panahan live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,136,160th most widely held given name world-wide, borne by 25 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 799,818. In Iran it is mostly found in: Yazd Province, where 77 percent reside, Isfahan Province, where 8 percent reside and Alborz Province, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Iran this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 3 percent reside and The Philippines, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Panahan
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