Yakhan Surname
Approximately 165 people bear this surname
Yakhan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 86 | 1:2,077,254 | 19,688 |
| Afghanistan | 59 | 1:544,969 | 6,640 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Yakhan (135) may also be a first name.
Yakhan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakhan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yakhan (Hindi: यखान, Marathi: पठाण, Russian: Яхан) is more commonly found in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakhan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,348,199th most frequent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 44,166,945 people. Yakhan occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Yakhan reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 88 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Yakhan is also the 797,647th most prevalent forename on earth, borne by 135 people.
This last name is most numerous in Pakistan, where it is carried by 86 people, or 1 in 2,077,254. In Pakistan Yakhan is most common in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 84 percent reside, Balochistan, where 14 percent reside and Sindh, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Pakistan this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 36 percent reside and India, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yakhan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yakhan in the Marathi language | ||
| पठाण | pathana | - |
| Yakhan in the Hindi language | ||
| यखान | yakhana | 42.86 |
| यखां | yakham | 42.86 |
| याखान | yakhana | 14.29 |
| Yakhan in the Russian language | ||
| Яхан | ahan | - |
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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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- 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 Yakhan
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