Vahana Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Vahana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Ivory Coast | 20 | 1:1,153,562 | 26,783 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Vahana (76) may also be a first name.
Vahana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vahana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vahana (Hindi: वहना, Marathi: वाहना) is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Vahana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vahana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,017,195th most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Vahana reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 50 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,107,702nd most numerous forename at a global level, held by 76 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 36,526,923. In India Vahana is mostly concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 33 percent reside, Tamil Nadu, where 19 percent reside and Karnataka, where 14 percent reside. Other than India it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 48 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vahana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vahana in the Hindi language | ||
| वहना | vahana | 58.82 |
| वहाना | vahana | 23.53 |
| वाहना | vahana | 11.76 |
| वाहाना | vahana | 5.88 |
| Vahana in the Marathi language | ||
| वाहना | vahana | 50 |
| वहना | vahana | 25 |
| वाहन्या | vahan'ya | 12.5 |
| वहाना | vahana | 12.5 |
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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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- 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 Vahana
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