Shokhan Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Shokhan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan | 89 | 1:198,680 | 18,516 |
| Belarus | 29 | 1:327,623 | 35,686 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Shokhan (840) may also be a first name.
Shokhan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shokhan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shokhan (Hindi: शोखन, Marathi: शोखन, Russian: Шохан) is held by more people in Kazakhstan than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shokhan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,573,888th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. The surname Shokhan is predominantly found in Asia, where 71 percent of Shokhan live; 65 percent live in Central Asia and 65 percent live in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia. It is also the 281,708th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 840 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Kazakhstan, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 198,680. In Kazakhstan it is primarily concentrated in: South Kazakhstan Region, where 46 percent live, Jambyl Region, where 21 percent live and Almaty, where 11 percent live. Apart from Kazakhstan Shokhan occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Belarus, where 22 percent live and Afghanistan, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shokhan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shokhan in the Hindi language | ||
| शोखन | sokhana | - |
| Shokhan in the Marathi language | ||
| शोखन | sokhana | - |
| Shokhan in the Russian language | ||
| Шохан | sohan | - |
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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 Shokhan
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