Zarani Surname
Approximately 637 people bear this surname
Zarani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 352 | 1:218,132 | 17,179 |
| Greece | 147 | 1:75,373 | 12,701 |
| Malaysia | 38 | 1:776,164 | 36,096 |
| Burkina Faso | 34 | 1:539,768 | 7,230 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
Zarani (1,563) may also be a first name.
Zarani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zarani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zarani (Arabic: زاراني, Bengali: ঝরনী, Marathi: झराणी) is found most frequently in Iran. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zarani? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zarani is the 512,799th most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 11,440,417 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 66 percent of Zarani reside; 58 percent reside in South Asia and 57 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 195,921st most frequent first name in the world, borne by 1,563 people.
The surname Zarani is most prevalent in Iran, where it is carried by 352 people, or 1 in 218,132. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Tehran Province, where 31 percent live, West Azerbaijan Province, where 21 percent live and Kermanshah Province, where 13 percent live. Outside of Iran it exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in Greece, where 23 percent live and Malaysia, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zarani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zarani in the Marathi language | ||
| झराणी | jharani | 66.67 |
| झरणी | jharani | 33.33 |
| Zarani in the Bengali language | ||
| ঝরনী | jharani | 33.33 |
| ঝরনি | jharani | 33.33 |
| ঝরণী | jharani | 33.33 |
| Zarani in the Arabic language | ||
| زاراني | zarany | - |
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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 Zarani
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