Rakhshan Surname

119,965th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,827 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Rakhshan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rakhshan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran3,7381:20,5412,632
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Pakistan181:9,924,66048,309
India161:47,941,586492,263
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Afghanistan61:5,358,86425,178
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
England21:27,859,030389,889
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Rakhshan (1,285) may also be a first name.

Rakhshan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rakhshan (Georgian: რახშან, Hindi: रख्शां) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rakhshan? popularity and diffusion

Rakhshan is the 119,965th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,904,245 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Rakhshan are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Rakhshan is also the 219,865th most commonly used given name globally, held by 1,285 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Iran, where it is carried by 3,738 people, or 1 in 20,541. In Iran it is mostly found in: Tehran Province, where 13 percent are found, Hormozgan Province, where 9 percent are found and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, where 9 percent are found. Barring Iran this last name occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Pakistan, where 0 percent are found.

Rakhshan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Rakhshan surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Rakhshan earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 56.14% more than the national average, earning $67,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Rakhshan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rakhshan in the Georgian language
რახშანrakhshan-
Rakhshan in the Hindi language
रख्शांrakhsam50
रखशानrakhasana20
रख्शानrakhsana5
रकशानrakasana5
रख्शाँrakhsam5
रूखशानrukhasana5
रख्शनrakhsana5
रख्शॉrakhso5

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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 Rakhshan
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