Qatan Surname
Approximately 534 people bear this surname
Qatan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oman | 462 | 1:7,983 | 1,120 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Qatan (73) may also be a first name.
Qatan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Qatan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Qatan (Arabic: قعطان, Hindi: क़तन) occurs in Oman more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Qatan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 585,898th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 13,647,090 people. The last name Qatan is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Qatan reside; 92 percent reside in West Asia and 91 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. Qatan is also the 1,134,117th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 73 people.
The last name Qatan is most prevalent in Oman, where it is held by 462 people, or 1 in 7,983. Not including Oman it is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 3 percent reside and Pakistan, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Qatan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Qatan in the Hindi language | ||
| क़तन | qatana | 75 |
| क़तना | qatana | 25 |
| Qatan in the Arabic language | ||
| قعطان | qtan | - |
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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 Qatan
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