Sakhn Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Sakhn Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 52 | 1:618,330 | 7,160 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Sakhn (610) may also be a first name.
Sakhn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakhn Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sakhn (Hindi: साखन, Marathi: सखन, Russian: Сахн) occurs in Afghanistan more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakhn? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,203,767th most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sakhn reside; 72 percent reside in South Asia and 70 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Sakhn is also the 338,253rd most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 610 people.
It is most common in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 618,330. In Afghanistan Sakhn is primarily found in: Badakhshan, where 23 percent live, Kabul, where 15 percent live and Parwan, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Afghanistan this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 28 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sakhn Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sakhn in the Marathi language | ||
| सखन | sakhana | - |
| Sakhn in the Hindi language | ||
| साखन | sakhana | 50 |
| सख्न | sakhna | 25 |
| सखन | sakhana | 25 |
| Sakhn in the Russian language | ||
| Сахн | sahn | - |
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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 Sakhn
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