Pehlevan Surname
Approximately 2,256 people bear this surname
Pehlevan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 2,181 | 1:35,682 | 3,768 |
| Bulgaria | 51 | 1:136,841 | 7,953 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
Pehlevan (10) may also be a first name.
Pehlevan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pehlevan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pehlevan is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Pehlevan.
How Common Is The Last Name Pehlevan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pehlevan is the 187,487th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 3,230,295 people. Pehlevan occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Pehlevan live; 85 percent live in West Asia and 84 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Pehlevan is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent given name worldwide, held by 10 people.
The surname Pehlevan is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is carried by 2,181 people, or 1 in 35,682. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 18 percent live, Bursa Province, where 16 percent live and Artvin Province, where 8 percent live. Excluding Turkey this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Bulgaria, where 2 percent live and Qatar, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelevan | 93 | 173 | / |
| Pehlivan | 88 | 49,418 | / |
| Pahlevan | 88 | 178 | / |
| Petlevan | 88 | 67 | / |
| Pehlovan | 88 | 2 | / |
| Pehlewan | 88 | 2 | / |
| Pehlavan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Pehlívan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Pehlevanova | 84 | 5 | / |
| Pahalevan | 82 | 2 | / |
| Pelivan | 80 | 1,205 | / |
| Pilevan | 80 | 523 | / |
| Pelyvan | 80 | 182 | / |
| Pelavan | 80 | 11 | / |
| Polevan | 80 | 8 | / |
| Pelewan | 80 | 7 | / |
| Palevan | 80 | 2 | / |
| Pelefan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Peleban | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pelevanova | 78 | 12 | / |
| Pahlavan | 75 | 21,740 | / |
| Pehlawan | 75 | 15 | / |
| Pehliwan | 75 | 13 | / |
| Pahlivan | 75 | 11 | / |
| Philavan | 75 | 5 | / |
| Pohlewan | 75 | 5 | / |
| Pelewang | 75 | 4 | / |
| Phalavan | 75 | 3 | / |
| Pallevan | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pilevann | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pelhivan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pailevan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Philovan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Phelivan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pehlivanova | 74 | 1,712 | / |
| Peilevanova | 74 | 1 | / |
| Peleivanova | 74 | 1 | / |
| Philavanh | 71 | 30,909 | / |
| Pahalavan | 71 | 811 | / |
| Phailavan | 71 | 38 | / |
| Phalivanh | 71 | 13 | / |
| Pollevann | 71 | 2 | / |
| Phaleewan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Philavann | 71 | 1 | / |
| Philavahn | 71 | 1 | / |
| Palavan | 67 | 529 | / |
| Pilavan | 67 | 459 | / |
| Palivan | 67 | 171 | / |
| Pelivanova | 67 | 124 | / |
| Pelyvanova | 67 | 121 | / |
| Pilewan | 67 | 52 | / |
| Polivan | 67 | 31 | / |
| Peliwan | 67 | 26 | / |
| Pelawan | 67 | 21 | / |
| Philayvanh | 67 | 15 | / |
| Polewan | 67 | 13 | / |
| Pelewon | 67 | 12 | / |
| Polyvan | 67 | 9 | / |
| Pilivan | 67 | 8 | / |
| Pylyvan | 67 | 6 | / |
| Palewan | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pălivan | 67 | 5 | / |
| Pelewanowa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Philiavanh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Polavan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pelywan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Palevon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pelefon | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Pehlevan
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