Shakhkyan Surname
Approximately 353 people bear this surname
Shakhkyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | 296 | 1:9,899 | 784 |
| Russia | 57 | 1:2,528,475 | 145,724 |
Shakhkyan Demographics
Shakhkyan Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Shakhkyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shakhkyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shakhkyan (Georgian: შახკიანი, Russian: Шахкян) has its highest incidence in Armenia. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shakhkyan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 796,486th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 20,644,606 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Shakhkyan are found; 84 percent are found in West Asia and 84 percent are found in Armeno-West Asia.
The surname Shakhkyan is most commonly occurring in Armenia, where it is held by 296 people, or 1 in 9,899. In Armenia it is most numerous in: Lori Province, where 64 percent reside, Yerevan, where 26 percent reside and Kotayk Province, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Armenia this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Russia, where 16 percent reside.
Shakhkyan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Shakhkyan surname is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shakhkyan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shakhkyan in the Georgian language | ||
| შახკიანი | shakhkiani | 80 |
| შახკიან | shakhkian | 20 |
| Shakhkyan in the Russian language | ||
| Шахкян | sahkan | - |
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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 Shakhkyan
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