Tabatabai Surname

32,635th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,306 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Tabatabai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tabatabai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran15,2171:5,046698
United States6691:541,79244,882
England901:619,09036,665
Israel701:122,25213,395
Canada611:604,02649,778
Germany461:1,750,119100,509
France211:3,162,987209,042
Sweden201:492,33835,486
Italy161:3,822,293103,776
Austria151:567,69652,281
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Pakistan71:25,520,55584,222
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

The alternate forms: Tabatabaï (2) are calculated separately.

Tabatabai (498) may also be a first name.

Tabatabai Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tabatabai Come From? nationality or country of origin

Tabatabai (Arabic: طبطبائي, Hindi: तबातबाई, Russian: Табатабаи) occurs more in Iran more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Tabatabaï. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tabatabai? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tabatabai is the 32,635th most widely held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 446,924 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Tabatabai reside; 93 percent reside in South Asia and 93 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Tabatabai is also the 380,144th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 498 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Iran, where it is held by 15,217 people, or 1 in 5,046. In Iran Tabatabai is most prevalent in: Tehran Province, where 27 percent are found, Isfahan Province, where 15 percent are found and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Iran this last name is found in 31 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Tabatabai Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Sunni (67%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Tabatabai last name are 4.14% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50.91% registered with the political party.

The amount Tabatabai earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 19.25% more than the national average, earning $51,457 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.08% more than the national average, earning $56,677 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Tabatabai Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tabatabai in the Hindi language
तबातबाईtabataba'i-
Tabatabai in the Russian language
Табатабаиtabatabai-
Tabatabai in the Arabic language
طبطبائيtbtbayy-
طباطبائيtbatbayy-

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Footnotes

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