Sholyan Surname
Approximately 201 people bear this surname
Sholyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 101 | 1:760,223 | 38,762 |
| Armenia | 63 | 1:46,511 | 2,317 |
| Russia | 30 | 1:4,804,102 | 217,805 |
| Georgia | 7 | 1:535,078 | 18,425 |
Sholyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sholyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sholyan (Georgian: შოლიანი, Russian: Шолян) is more frequently found in Iran than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sholyan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,181,191st most common surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Sholyan are found; 50 percent are found in South Asia and 50 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.
The surname Sholyan is most numerous in Iran, where it is carried by 101 people, or 1 in 760,223. In Iran Sholyan is mostly concentrated in: Bushehr Province, where 57 percent reside and Fars Province, where 43 percent reside. Without taking into account Iran this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Armenia, where 31 percent reside and Russia, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sholyan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sholyan in the Georgian language | ||
| შოლიანი | sholiani | - |
| Sholyan in the Russian language | ||
| Шолян | solan | - |
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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 Sholyan
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