Zehan Surname
Approximately 784 people bear this surname
Zehan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 347 | 1:57,861 | 7,067 |
| Indonesia | 224 | 1:590,398 | 47,039 |
| Ivory Coast | 66 | 1:349,564 | 12,508 |
| Nigeria | 63 | 1:2,811,790 | 89,258 |
| Malaysia | 45 | 1:655,427 | 31,286 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Zehán (1) are calculated separately.
Zehan (1,253) may also be a first name.
Zehan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zehan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zehan (Marathi: जेहान) is more commonly found in Romania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Zehán. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zehan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 437,497th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,295,339 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 46 percent of Zehan reside; 45 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 44 percent reside in Romanian Europe. It is also the 223,027th most numerous forename throughout the world, borne by 1,253 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Romania, where it is held by 347 people, or 1 in 57,861. In Romania it is primarily concentrated in: Cluj County, where 52 percent reside, Maramureș County, where 19 percent reside and Bucharest Municipality, where 18 percent reside. Other than Romania this last name exists in 20 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 29 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent reside.
Zehan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Zehan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Zehan last name decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zehan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zehan in the Marathi language | ||
| जेहान | jehana | - |
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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 Zehan
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