🌍 How Rare Are You in Iran?
🇮🇷 Genetic Landscape of Iran
Iran sits at one of history's greatest genetic crossroads — Persian, Turkic, Kurdish, Arab, Baloch, and Lur peoples blend into remarkable diversity. The Zagros Mountains fostered genetic isolation for millennia, creating distinct regional profiles. Northern Iranians from Gilan and Mazandaran show surprising rates of green and blue eyes (~15%), while southern populations near the Persian Gulf carry more Arab and South Asian markers. Iran's B blood type frequency (~27%) is among the highest outside of Asia.
👁️ Eye Color
| Brown | 60% |
| Dark Brown | 15% |
| Hazel | 10% |
| Green | 8% |
| Blue | 5% |
| Gray | 2% |
💇 Hair Color
| Black | 55% |
| Dark Brown | 30% |
| Brown | 10% |
| Other | 5% |
🩸 Blood Type
| O+ | 30% |
| A+ | 25% |
| B+ | 24% |
| AB+ | 7% |
| O- | 5% |
| A- | 5% |
| B- | 3% |
| AB- | 1% |
📏 Height in Iran: Men & Women
The average man in Iran stands 174 cm (5'9") — 3 cm above the world average of 171 cm. The average woman measures 160 cm (5'3"), right around the world average of 159 cm for women. Height follows a bell curve, so every centimeter away from the mean makes you measurably rarer.
| ♂ Men in Iran | Rarity |
|---|---|
| Average (174 cm / 5'9") | Top 50% |
| Tall (183+ cm / 6'0"+) | Top 10% |
| Very tall (188+ cm / 6'2"+) | Top 2% |
| ♀ Women in Iran | Rarity |
|---|---|
| Average (160 cm / 5'3") | Top 50% |
| Tall (168+ cm / 5'6"+) | Top 10% |
| Very tall (173+ cm / 5'8"+) | Top 2% |
Estimates assume a normal distribution with a standard deviation of ~7 cm for men and ~6.5 cm for women, consistent with NCD-RisC population studies.
🧬 What Trait Combinations Look Like in Iran
Rarity multiplies. Even common traits become uncommon once you stack them. Using the distributions above for Iran's population of 88M:
Brown eyes + black hair + O+ blood = 60% × 55% × 30% ≈ 9.9% — ~8.7 million people in Iran (about 1 in 10).
Gray eyes + brown hair + AB- blood ≈ 0.0020% — ~2,000 people in the whole country (about 1 in 50,000).
Add height, handedness (~10% of people are left-handed), and an MBTI type, and almost everyone lands below 1 in 10,000. That is the core idea behind the Avortas rarity calculator — try your own combination against Iran and the world.
⭐ Rare Facts About Iran
🔄 Rare vs Common in Iran
Rarity is local. A trait that turns heads worldwide can be ordinary here — and vice versa. Based on Iran's own distribution:
🟢 More common in Iran than worldwide
💎 Rarer in Iran than worldwide
Want the full picture? The rarity calculator compares your traits against both Iran and the whole world.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average height in Iran?
Men in Iran average about 174 cm (5'9") and women about 160 cm (5'3"). Anyone above 183 cm (men) or 168 cm (women) is in roughly the tallest 10% of the country.
How is rarity calculated in Iran?
Each trait's local frequency is multiplied together. Because Iran's distributions differ from world averages, the same person can score very differently here than globally.
Is my rarity in Iran different from my global rarity?
Usually, yes. Traits that are rare worldwide can be common locally — and the reverse. Run the global calculator and compare it with the numbers on this page.