Sahni Surname
Approximately 398,047 people bear this surname
Sahni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 392,806 | 1:1,953 | 201 |
| United States | 1,194 | 1:303,567 | 27,933 |
| Indonesia | 761 | 1:173,783 | 16,838 |
| United Arab Emirates | 495 | 1:18,510 | 2,184 |
| England | 470 | 1:118,549 | 12,057 |
| Morocco | 341 | 1:101,103 | 17,469 |
| Canada | 331 | 1:111,316 | 11,908 |
| Kuwait | 280 | 1:13,574 | 1,857 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Pakistan | 197 | 1:906,822 | 12,289 |
| Qatar | 159 | 1:14,830 | 1,610 |
| Hong Kong | 127 | 1:57,760 | 1,031 |
| Australia | 122 | 1:221,276 | 21,136 |
| Bahrain | 88 | 1:15,325 | 3,085 |
| Thailand | 84 | 1:840,933 | 134,389 |
| Singapore | 60 | 1:91,795 | 3,674 |
| Malaysia | 58 | 1:508,521 | 25,379 |
| Belgium | 30 | 1:383,221 | 41,070 |
| New Zealand | 29 | 1:156,149 | 17,650 |
| Ireland | 21 | 1:224,235 | 8,707 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Iran | 5 | 1:15,356,505 | 213,424 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
The alternate forms: Şahni (1) are calculated separately.
Sahni (4,974) may also be a first name.
Sahni Demographics
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Sahni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sahni (Georgian: საჰნი, Hindi: साहनी, Marathi: साहनी, Oriya: ସାହାନୀ) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Şahni. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahni? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sahni is the 1,362nd most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 18,308 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Sahni reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 96,528th most common first name at a global level, borne by 4,974 people.
Sahni is most common in India, where it is held by 392,806 people, or 1 in 1,953. In India it is most common in: Bihar, where 88 percent live, Uttar Pradesh, where 5 percent live and Delhi, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account India this surname exists in 68 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live and Indonesia, where 0 percent live.
Sahni Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sahni last name are 4.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.67% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sahni earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 33.21% more than the national average, earning $57,478 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.53% more than the national average, earning $62,865 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sahni Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sahni in the Georgian language | ||
| საჰნი | sahni | - |
| Sahni in the Hindi language | ||
| साहनी | sahani | 98.5 |
| सहनी | sahani | 1.04 |
| सहानी | sahani | 0.14 |
| साहनि | sahani | 0.11 |
| सैनी | saini | 0.05 |
| साह्नी | sahni | 0.05 |
| साहनी़ | sahani | 0.05 |
| सह्नी | sahni | 0.01 |
| शाहानी | sahani | 0.01 |
| शालिनी | salini | 0.01 |
| शहानी | sahani | 0.01 |
| राहनी | rahani | 0.01 |
| सहनि | sahani | 0.01 |
| Sahni in the Marathi language | ||
| साहनी | sahani | 95.77 |
| सहानी | sahani | 2.6 |
| सानी | sani | 0.22 |
| सहनी | sahani | 0.22 |
| साहानी | sahani | 0.13 |
| साहणी | sahani | 0.09 |
| शाहनी | sahani | 0.09 |
| सहिन | sahina | 0.04 |
| साहिन | sahina | 0.04 |
| सहाणी | sahani | 0.04 |
| मनि | mani | 0.04 |
| हनी | hani | 0.04 |
| साहीन | sahina | 0.02 |
| Sahni in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାହାନୀ | sahani | 50 |
| ସାହନ୍ି | sahani | 25 |
| ସାହ୍ଣୀ | sahni | 25 |
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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 Sahni
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