Qanat Surname
Approximately 425 people bear this surname
Qanat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 419 | 1:183,252 | 15,179 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Qanat (55) may also be a first name.
Qanat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Qanat Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Qanat (Arabic: قانت, Georgian: ქანათ) is held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Qanat? popularity and diffusion
Qanat is the 694,796th most widely held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 17,147,167 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Qanat reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Qanat is also the 1,336,256th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 55 people.
The last name Qanat is most commonly held in Iran, where it is borne by 419 people, or 1 in 183,252. In Iran it is most common in: Tehran Province, where 36 percent are found, Kerman Province, where 15 percent are found and Markazi Province, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Iran Qanat occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 1 percent are found and Lebanon, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Qanat Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Qanat in the Georgian language | ||
| ქანათ | kanat | - |
| Qanat in the Arabic language | ||
| قانت | qant | - |
| قناة | qnat | - |
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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 Qanat
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