Pehlevan Surname

187,487th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,256 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Pehlevan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pehlevan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey2,1811:35,6823,768
Bulgaria511:136,8417,953
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
France21:33,211,361423,184
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

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.

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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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