Sahan Surname
Approximately 35,144 people bear this surname
Sahan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 14,824 | 1:2,362 | 293 |
| Sri Lanka | 8,478 | 1:2,454 | 327 |
| India | 4,233 | 1:181,211 | 11,061 |
| Ukraine | 3,716 | 1:12,250 | 1,585 |
| Bangladesh | 721 | 1:221,022 | 7,250 |
| France | 443 | 1:149,938 | 23,230 |
| Germany | 392 | 1:205,371 | 23,433 |
| Ivory Coast | 390 | 1:59,157 | 3,484 |
| Syria | 233 | 1:82,837 | 3,208 |
| Austria | 181 | 1:47,047 | 7,513 |
| Tanzania | 164 | 1:322,815 | 24,412 |
| England | 156 | 1:357,167 | 25,626 |
| Indonesia | 153 | 1:864,374 | 65,003 |
| Belgium | 128 | 1:89,818 | 13,955 |
| Netherlands | 106 | 1:159,313 | 23,533 |
| Pakistan | 82 | 1:2,178,584 | 20,204 |
| Malaysia | 66 | 1:446,882 | 22,856 |
| United States | 63 | 1:5,753,316 | 282,354 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Denmark | 47 | 1:120,100 | 11,018 |
| Cameroon | 45 | 1:461,535 | 38,189 |
| Romania | 36 | 1:557,719 | 41,269 |
| Canada | 34 | 1:1,083,694 | 79,951 |
| Iran | 31 | 1:2,476,856 | 81,358 |
| Australia | 29 | 1:930,886 | 55,860 |
| Afghanistan | 27 | 1:1,190,859 | 10,584 |
| Lebanon | 26 | 1:216,811 | 8,749 |
| Qatar | 25 | 1:94,320 | 10,875 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Philippines | 18 | 1:5,624,346 | 177,167 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Kazakhstan | 16 | 1:1,105,156 | 63,055 |
| Czechia | 16 | 1:664,592 | 62,292 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Moldova | 8 | 1:445,171 | 30,722 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Northern Cyprus | 2 | 1:159,506 | 9,062 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
The alternate forms: Şahan (38,577) & Sähâñ (1) are calculated separately.
Sahan (39,064) may also be a first name.
Sahan Demographics
Average Sahan Salary in
United States
$47,064 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sahan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sahan occurs in Iraq more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Şahan or Sähâñ. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 15,865th most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 207,362 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 83 percent of Sahan live; 43 percent live in West Asia and 43 percent live in Levant. Sahan is also the 22,654th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 39,064 people.
The last name is most frequent in Iraq, where it is held by 14,824 people, or 1 in 2,362. Not including Iraq it occurs in 71 countries. It also occurs in Sri Lanka, where 24 percent live and India, where 12 percent live.
Sahan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Sahan surname are 33.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 86.67% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sahan earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 9.07% more than the national average, earning $47,064 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.16% more than the national average, earning $50,754 CAD per year.
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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 Sahan
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