Sorkhan Surname
Approximately 524 people bear this surname
Sorkhan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 515 | 1:149,092 | 13,107 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
Sorkhan (156) may also be a first name.
Sorkhan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sorkhan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sorkhan is found most frequently in Iran. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sorkhan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sorkhan is the 594,812th most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 13,907,530 people. The surname Sorkhan is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Sorkhan reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Sorkhan is also the 735,679th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 156 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is carried by 515 people, or 1 in 149,092. In Iran it is most common in: Tehran Province, where 37 percent live, Mazandaran Province, where 13 percent live and Khuzestan Province, where 7 percent live. Besides Iran it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 1 percent live and Ukraine, where 1 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Sorkhan
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