Parhans Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Parhans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Parhans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Parhans Last Name Facts

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

The surname Parhans is most common in Sweden. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Parhans? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Parhans occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Parhans reside; 86 percent reside in Northern Europe and 86 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,641,126. In Sweden Parhans is most common in: Gävleborg County, where 100 percent live. Besides Sweden it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent live.

Parhans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Parhans has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Parhans surname contracted 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Parhanse9325/
Parahans931/
Parans9286/
Parhams8698/
Perhans8625/
Paranse8620/
Pharans8620/
Parrans8613/
Paurans863/
Parahams8017/
Parasins801/
Paratins801/
Params7720/
Perans7715/
Parons7713/
Parahanje751/
Parchance750/
Pareyns7140/
Parance7135/
Paranje7124/
Parzons713/
Perrans712/
Parosns711/
Paroons711/
Parhoms711/
Pargons711/
Parrons711/
Patrons710/
Pharrams6738/
Parreins6729/
Patroons6727/
Patronst674/
Patrance671/

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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 Parhans
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