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 in Iran. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name When? popularity and diffusion
The surname When is the 1,118,459th most common family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 33,583,161 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 76 percent of When live; 72 percent live in South Asia and 72 percent live in Islamic South Asia. When is also the 910,230th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 107 people.
It is most frequently held in Iran, where it is held by 156 people, or 1 in 492,196. In Iran When is most prevalent 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. Excluding Iran When is found 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 prevalency of When has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname decreased 94 percent between 1881 and 2014.
When Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing 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
- 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 When
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