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) has its highest incidence in Iran. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sholyan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,181,191st most frequently used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. The surname Sholyan is predominantly 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.
This surname is most commonly held in Iran, where it is held by 101 people, or 1 in 760,223. In Iran Sholyan is mostly found in: Bushehr Province, where 57 percent live and Fars Province, where 43 percent live. Barring Iran this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Armenia, where 31 percent live and Russia, where 15 percent live.
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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