Rushdie Surname
Approximately 1,729 people bear this surname
Rushdie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,454 | 1:52,808 | 5,842 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Syria | 5 | 1:3,860,204 | 11,832 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Rushdie (1,377) may also be a first name.
Rushdie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rushdie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rushdie occurs in Iran more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rushdie? popularity and diffusion
Rushdie is the 233,295th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,214,891 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Rushdie live; 85 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 211,031st most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 1,377 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Iran, where it is borne by 1,454 people, or 1 in 52,808. In Iran Rushdie is most prevalent in: East Azerbaijan Province, where 41 percent live, Tehran Province, where 25 percent live and Khuzestan Province, where 8 percent live. Beside Iran this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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
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