Hedayat is used as a family name or surname in Afghanistan. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hedayat
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Afghanistan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Hedayat

How popular is Hedayat?

Hedayat is common in Afghanistan.

Hedayat is ranked 15797 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Hedayats grew by 19.01408 per cent to 169 since 2000 and ranked 105600 after elevating 8566 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 76.92 80.28
Others 20.71 16.2
Hedayat is quite popular family name mostly used in Iran while Afghanistan is ahead in terms of density. Around 33225 people have been found who wears Hedayat as their family name. Hedayat is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
103,759 Spain8
720,003 Russia4
19,452 Malaysia3
7,294 Kuwait3
23,344 Austria2
24,766 Scotland2
34,681 Norway2
12,844 Pakistan2
17,236 Ghana1
42,479 Greece1
49,529 Israel1
53,033 Nigeria1
12,745 Luxembourg1
15,162 Costa Rica1
9,591 Panama1
53,505 Turkey1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
95,259 Italy45
28,564 Switzerland36
26,164 Sweden36
57,220 Netherlands27
71,059 Australia24
52,530 Belgium22
285,919 Indonesia20
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
45,655 England86
Countries with hundreds of Hedayat:
34,330 Germany303
83,762 United States281
130,949 India141
30,487 Canada110
Countries with thousands of Hedayat:
4,507 Egypt1,532
Countries with ten thousands of Hedayat:
586 Iran19,345
290 Afghanistan11,072
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Hedayat Namesakes

  • Mohammad-Reza Hedayati, Actor
  • Sadegh Hedayat, Writer
  • Mehdi Qoli Hedayat, Political figure
  • Reza-Qoli Khan Hedayat, Writer
  • Reza-Qoli Khan Hedayat, Writer
  • Mehdi Qoli Hedayat, Political figure
  • Hossein Hedayati, Business tycoon
  • Sadegh Hedayat, Writer
  • Jafar GholiKhan-e Hedayat, Hedayat Gholi Khan-e Hedayat's father
  • Seyyed Hedayat Jahanara, Mohammad Jahanara's father
  • In 2017, Anton Hedayat portrayed the role of Hitman in drama flick The Tragedy of Jimmy Jimmy Kates.

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