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
The last name Sholyan (Georgian: შოლიანი, Russian: Шолян) has its highest incidence in Iran. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sholyan.
How Common Is The Last Name Sholyan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,181,191st most widespread surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 36,256,447 people. Sholyan is mostly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Sholyan live; 50 percent live in South Asia and 50 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
The last name is most numerous in Iran, where it is carried by 101 people, or 1 in 760,223. In Iran Sholyan is most prevalent in: Bushehr Province, where 57 percent are found and Fars Province, where 43 percent are found. Excluding Iran Sholyan exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Armenia, where 31 percent are found and Russia, where 15 percent are found.
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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