Vahani Surname
Approximately 1,503 people bear this surname
Vahani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 877 | 1:874,647 | 38,296 |
| Iran | 597 | 1:128,614 | 11,790 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Vahani (166) may also be a first name.
Vahani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vahani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vahani (Hindi: वहनी, Marathi: वहानी) occurs most in India. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vahani? popularity and diffusion
Vahani is the 261,171st most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,848,667 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Vahani live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 58 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 710,504th most common first name globally, held by 166 people.
The surname Vahani is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 877 people, or 1 in 874,647. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Gujarat, where 99 percent live, Maharashtra, where 0 percent live and Bihar, where 0 percent live. Barring India this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 40 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vahani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vahani in the Hindi language | ||
| वहनी | vahani | 46.67 |
| वाहनी | vahani | 26.67 |
| वहानी | vahani | 20 |
| वहनि | vahani | 6.67 |
| Vahani in the Marathi language | ||
| वहानी | vahani | 25 |
| वहाणी | vahani | 25 |
| वाहिण | vahina | 25 |
| वाहनी | vahani | 12.5 |
| वाहणी | vahani | 12.5 |
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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 Vahani
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