Zanjan Surname
Approximately 313 people bear this surname
Zanjan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 300 | 1:255,942 | 19,160 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Zanjan (4,410) may also be a first name.
Zanjan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zanjan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zanjan (Marathi: झान्जन) occurs most in Iran. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zanjan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 866,642nd most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 23,282,894 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Zanjan reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Zanjan is also the 103,817th most widespread first name globally It is held by 4,410 people.
The surname Zanjan is most commonly held in Iran, where it is held by 300 people, or 1 in 255,942. In Iran it is most common in: Tehran Province, where 30 percent live, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 26 percent live and Alborz Province, where 11 percent live. Excluding Iran Zanjan is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Denmark, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zanjan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zanjan in the Marathi language | ||
| झान्जन | jhanjana | - |
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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 Zanjan
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