Zahedan Surname

619,831st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 496 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Zahedan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zahedan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran4121:186,36515,363
Pakistan521:3,435,45926,277
Afghanistan141:2,296,65615,575
Jordan111:803,85814,945
Palestine21:2,274,42417,661
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Zahedan (130) may also be a first name.

Zahedan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Zahedan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Zahedan is held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zahedan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 619,831st most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 14,692,633 people. Zahedan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Zahedan live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 814,623rd most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 130 people.

The last name Zahedan is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is borne by 412 people, or 1 in 186,365. In Iran Zahedan is mostly found in: East Azerbaijan Province, where 27 percent are found, Gilan Province, where 23 percent are found and Fars Province, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Iran Zahedan is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 10 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zaheedan933/
Zaedan928/
Zahidan861,852/
Zaeidan861/
Zaheddon809/
Zahidain801/
Zahidaan801/
Choedan715/
Zahidon712/
Chaedan711/
Zeaidan711/
Zeudon623/
Choedon57239/
Chhoedon534/
Chouidan531/
Chahidoun504/

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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 Zahedan
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