Shekhoyan Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Shekhoyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | 49 | 1:59,800 | 2,698 |
| Russia | 22 | 1:6,551,048 | 261,263 |
| Georgia | 8 | 1:468,193 | 17,304 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shekhoyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shekhoyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shekhoyan (Georgian: შეხოიან, Russian: Шехоян) is held by more people in Armenia than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekhoyan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shekhoyan is the 2,106,139th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 71 percent of Shekhoyan reside; 71 percent reside in West Asia and 61 percent reside in Armeno-West Asia.
This surname is most widespread in Armenia, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 59,800. In Armenia Shekhoyan is primarily found in: Yerevan, where 80 percent reside, Aragatsotn Province, where 14 percent reside and Ararat Province, where 2 percent reside. Not including Armenia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 28 percent reside and Georgia, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shekhoyan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shekhoyan in the Georgian language | ||
| შეხოიან | shekhoian | - |
| Shekhoyan in the Russian language | ||
| Шехоян | sehoan | - |
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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 Shekhoyan
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