Zahidan Surname

220,534th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,852 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Zahidan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zahidan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan1,7751:100,6443,197
Malaysia661:446,88222,856
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Zahidan (5,045) may also be a first name.

Zahidan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zahidan (Hindi: ज़ाहिदन) occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zahidan? popularity and diffusion

Zahidan is the 220,534th most frequently used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 3,934,960 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Zahidan reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Zahidan is also the 95,690th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 5,045 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is held by 1,775 people, or 1 in 100,644. In Pakistan Zahidan is mostly found in: Sindh, where 98 percent are found, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 1 percent are found and Balochistan, where 1 percent are found. Not including Pakistan this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 4 percent are found and Indonesia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zahidain931/
Zahidaan931/
Zahedan86496/
Zahidon862/
Zaeidan861/
Zeaidan861/
Zaheedan803/
Zaedan778/
Zaheddon679/
Chouidan671/
Chahidoun634/
Choedan575/
Chaedan571/

Zahidan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zahidan in the Hindi language
ज़ाहिदनzahidana-

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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 Zahidan
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