Taliban Surname

828,895th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 334 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Vanuatu

Taliban Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Taliban Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran2421:317,28321,995
Malaysia301:983,14144,226
Philippines301:3,374,607147,509
Afghanistan81:4,019,14821,487
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086

Taliban (246) may also be a first name.

Taliban Last Name Facts

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

The surname Taliban (Hindi: तालिबान) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Taliban? popularity and diffusion

The surname Taliban is the 828,895th most frequently used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 21,819,000 people. Taliban is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Taliban are found; 76 percent are found in South Asia and 75 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 569,299th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 246 people.

This last name is most widely held in Iran, where it is carried by 242 people, or 1 in 317,283. In Iran it is mostly found in: Fars Province, where 30 percent live, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 21 percent live and Tehran Province, where 17 percent live. Aside from Iran this surname is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 9 percent live and The Philippines, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Taliban Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Taliban in the Hindi language
तालिबानtalibana80
तालीबानtalibana20

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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 Taliban
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