Vahanan Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Vahanan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 54 | 1:14,204,914 | 239,375 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Vahanan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vahanan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vahanan (Marathi: वाहनां) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Vahanan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,506,728th most numerous family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Vahanan live; 92 percent live in South Asia and 92 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
The surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 14,204,914. In India Vahanan is primarily concentrated in: Tamil Nadu, where 43 percent reside, Kerala, where 28 percent reside and Karnataka, where 9 percent reside. Besides India Vahanan occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Oman, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vahanan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vahanan in the Marathi language | ||
| वाहनां | vahanam | - |
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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 Vahanan
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