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
The last name Sohana (Arabic: زوهينا, Bengali: সোহানা, Hindi: सोहना, Marathi: सोहना, Oriya: େସାହାନା) is borne by more people in Bangladesh than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Sohaña. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sohana? popularity and diffusion
Sohana is the 86,346th most frequently held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,306,012 people. It is primarily found 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. Sohana is also the 18,930th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 48,738 people.
The last name Sohana is most numerous in Bangladesh, where it is held by 4,776 people, or 1 in 33,366. Other than Bangladesh this surname exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 11 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Sohana Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sohana has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 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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