When Surname
Approximately 217 people bear this surname
When Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 156 | 1:492,196 | 29,384 |
| Liberia | 47 | 1:93,799 | 7,591 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 16 | 1:1,523,461 | 51,234 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
When (107) may also be a first name.
When Demographics
When Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
When Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name When Come From? nationality or country of origin
When (Arabic: حين) is found most frequently in Iran. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name When? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,118,459th most frequent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 33,583,161 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 76 percent of When reside; 72 percent reside in South Asia and 72 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 910,230th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 107 people.
This surname is most frequent in Iran, where it is held by 156 people, or 1 in 492,196. In Iran When is most frequent in: Isfahan Province, where 63 percent are found, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, where 10 percent are found and East Azerbaijan Province, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Iran this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 22 percent are found and Malaysia, where 2 percent are found.
When Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of When has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the When surname decreased 94 percent between 1881 and 2014.
When Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the When surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
Phonetically Similar Names
When Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| When in the Arabic language | ||
| حين | hyn | - |
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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 When
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