Physician Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Physician Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Physician Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran461:1,669,18563,826
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Physician (10) may also be a first name.

Physician Last Name Facts

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

Physician is more frequently found in Iran than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Physician? popularity and diffusion

The last name Physician is the 2,776,799th most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Physician are found; 94 percent are found in South Asia and 94 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 10 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 1,669,185. In Iran it is most numerous in: Tehran Province, where 50 percent live, Gilan Province, where 46 percent live and Fars Province, where 2 percent live. Other than Iran Physician occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pesican7517/
Pisican758/
Phichitsan7448/
Pesicion711/
Phichitsang704/
Phichaichan701/
Phaichitchan672/
Pichaisan671/
Vizciano598/
Feciciano561/
Fazsian501/

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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 Physician
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