Panahian Surname

182,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,333 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Panahian Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Panahian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran2,3261:33,0113,936
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Panahian (11) may also be a first name.

Panahian Last Name Facts

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

Panahian is carried by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Panahian? popularity and diffusion

The last name Panahian is the 182,229th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 3,123,680 people. Panahian is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Panahian are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 11 people.

It is most frequently used in Iran, where it is held by 2,326 people, or 1 in 33,011. In Iran it is primarily found in: Fars Province, where 17 percent reside, Khuzestan Province, where 12 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account Iran this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Azerbaijan, where 0 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 Panahian
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