Shoyan Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Shoyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | 123 | 1:23,823 | 1,529 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Shoyan (88) may also be a first name.
Shoyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shoyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shoyan (Bengali: সয়ন, Hindi: शोयन, Marathi: शोयन) is held by more people in Armenia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Shoyan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shoyan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,403,590th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. Shoyan is mostly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Shoyan live; 81 percent live in West Asia and 79 percent live in Armeno-West Asia. Shoyan is also the 1,017,994th most frequently held given name world-wide, borne by 88 people.
Shoyan is most commonly occurring in Armenia, where it is carried by 123 people, or 1 in 23,823. In Armenia it is mostly concentrated in: Gegharkunik Province, where 49 percent reside, Yerevan, where 31 percent reside and Ararat Province, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Armenia it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 14 percent reside and India, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shoyan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shoyan in the Bengali language | ||
| সয়ন | sayana | - |
| Shoyan in the Hindi language | ||
| शोयन | soyana | 70 |
| शोयान | soyana | 20 |
| शोयां | soyam | 10 |
| Shoyan in the Marathi language | ||
| शोयन | soyana | 50 |
| शोयण | soyana | 25 |
| शॉयन | soyana | 25 |
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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 Shoyan
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