Sohana Surname
Approximately 5,580 people bear this surname
Sohana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 4,776 | 1:33,366 | 2,090 |
| Pakistan | 591 | 1:302,274 | 6,328 |
| India | 78 | 1:9,834,172 | 191,207 |
| Cameroon | 51 | 1:407,237 | 34,925 |
| Indonesia | 48 | 1:2,755,192 | 158,430 |
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Sohaña (4) are calculated separately.
Sohana (48,738) may also be a first name.
Sohana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sohana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sohana (Arabic: زوهينا, Bengali: সোহানা, Hindi: सोहना, Marathi: सोहना, Oriya: େସାହାନା) occurs more in Bangladesh more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Sohaña. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sohana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 86,346th most frequently used surname globally, held by around 1 in 1,306,012 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Sohana are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 96 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 18,930th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 48,738 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 4,776 people, or 1 in 33,366. Other than Bangladesh this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 11 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Sohana Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sohana has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sohana surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sohana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sohana in the Bengali language | ||
| সোহানা | sohana | - |
| Sohana in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାହାନା | esahana | 86.15 |
| େସାହନା | esahana | 5.64 |
| ସୁହାନା | suhana | 2.82 |
| େଶାହାନା | esahana | 2.56 |
| େଶାହନା | esahana | 1.03 |
| େସାହାନ | esahana | 0.77 |
| ସାହାନା | sahana | 0.26 |
| ସହାନା | sahana | 0.26 |
| େସାହାେନା | esahaena | 0.26 |
| ସାହାନି | sahani | 0.26 |
| Sohana in the Marathi language | ||
| सोहना | sohana | 76.47 |
| सोहाना | sohana | 23.53 |
| Sohana in the Hindi language | ||
| सोहना | sohana | 59.47 |
| सोहाना | sohana | 39.16 |
| साहना | sahana | 0.6 |
| सोहन | sohana | 0.34 |
| सोहणा | sohana | 0.09 |
| सोहऩ | sohana | 0.09 |
| सोहाणा | sohana | 0.09 |
| Sohana in the Arabic language | ||
| زوهينا | zwhyna | - |
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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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- 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 Sohana
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