Shayegan Surname

90,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,287 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Shayegan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shayegan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran5,0331:15,2561,999
United States1301:2,788,146165,890
England411:1,358,97760,528
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Panama101:391,2268,067
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Shayegan (167) may also be a first name.

Shayegan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shayegan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Shayegan is borne by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shayegan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 90,640th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,378,390 people. Shayegan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Shayegan live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 95 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Shayegan is also the 708,111th most prevalent forename globally. It is borne by 167 people.

The surname Shayegan is most frequently used in Iran, where it is held by 5,033 people, or 1 in 15,256. In Iran it is most common in: Tehran Province, where 25 percent reside, Hamadan Province, where 11 percent reside and Fars Province, where 9 percent reside. Not including Iran it exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Shayegan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Shayegan last name are 4.45% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.22% being registered with the political party.

The amount Shayegan earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 67.95% more than the national average, earning $72,467 USD per year and in Canada they earn 68.56% more than the national average, earning $83,744 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 Shayegan
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