Pourhaj Surname
Approximately 174 people bear this surname
Pourhaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 137 | 1:560,456 | 31,943 |
| Canada | 35 | 1:1,052,731 | 78,176 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Pourhaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pourhaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pourhaj is borne by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pourhaj? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pourhaj is the 1,300,225th most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 41,882,448 people. The last name Pourhaj occurs predominantly in Asia, where 79 percent of Pourhaj live; 79 percent live in South Asia and 79 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
The last name is most commonly used in Iran, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 560,456. In Iran Pourhaj is mostly found in: Kerman Province, where 45 percent are found, Tehran Province, where 17 percent are found and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 13 percent are found. Barring Iran this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Pourhaj
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