Family name Aanand (Aanand 
, อานันท์ , اناند) , around the world, is a common last name. The last name Aanand is characteristic of India, where it is quite a rare surname, Qatar, where it is a rare surname, and United Arab Emirates. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in India, Thailand, and Saudi Arabia. More prevalently, Aanand is the forename as well as the last name.