Peygan Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Peygan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 30 | 1:2,559,417 | 82,750 |
| Belarus | 17 | 1:558,886 | 50,306 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
Peygan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peygan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Peygan (Russian: Пейган) is more commonly found in Iran than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peygan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,661,929th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname Peygan occurs mostly in Asia, where 58 percent of Peygan reside; 57 percent reside in South Asia and 57 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.
Peygan is most commonly held in Iran, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 2,559,417. In Iran it is most prevalent in: Fars Province, where 37 percent live, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 37 percent live and Tehran Province, where 20 percent live. Aside from Iran this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Belarus, where 32 percent live and Russia, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Peygan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Peygan in the Russian language | ||
| Пейган | pejgan | - |
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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 Peygan
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