Vaighan Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Vaighan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Vaighan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vaighan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vaighan (Marathi: वैघन) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vaighan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 78 percent of Vaighan reside; 78 percent reside in South Asia and 67 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
The last name is most widely held in India, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 127,844,230. In India it is primarily found in: Gujarat, where 67 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 33 percent reside. Besides India it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 11 percent reside and Pakistan, where 11 percent reside.
Vaighan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Vaighan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Vaighan last name declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vaighan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vaighan in the Marathi language | ||
| वैघन | vaighana | - |
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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 Vaighan
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