Pooyanfar Surname

354,583rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,026 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Pooyanfar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pooyanfar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1,0161:75,5737,812
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pooyanfar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pooyanfar occurs in Iran more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pooyanfar? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pooyanfar is the 354,583rd most frequent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 7,102,871 people. The last name Pooyanfar occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Pooyanfar live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Islamic South Asia.

This last name is most frequently held in Iran, where it is carried by 1,016 people, or 1 in 75,573. In Iran Pooyanfar is most common in: Tehran Province, where 23 percent live, Khuzestan Province, where 12 percent live and Fars Province, where 11 percent live. Aside from Iran this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pooyanfard952/
Poyanfar941/
Pouyanfar8925/
Pouyanfard846/
Payanfar8273/
Pouynfar821/
Payamfar716/
Pijanfar711/
Payamfard671/
Peanfort597/
Pounford590/

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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 Pooyanfar
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