Ahjab Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Ahjab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ahjab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Ahjab (31) may also be a first name.

Ahjab Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ahjab Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ahjab (Arabic: احجاب, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺣﺠﺎﺏ, Hindi: अहजाब) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ahjab? popularity and diffusion

Ahjab is the 5,812,366th most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 55 percent of Ahjab are found; 36 percent are found in North Africa and 36 percent are found in Mahgreb. Ahjab is also the 1,874,099th most commonly occurring forename internationally, held by 31 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 33,062,298. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: East Java, where 100 percent are found. Beside Indonesia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 36 percent are found and India, where 18 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ahajab9141/
Ajab8933,711/
Hijab807,209/
Hajab80877/
Hejab80680/
Hojab80146/
Aajab80106/
Gajab8062/
Hujab8021/
Ahiab8010/
Ahjib807/
Hyjab807/
Ehjab806/
Ajabs804/
Ajaub803/
Ajabh803/
Ahyab801/
Ahjeb801/
Ayhab801/
Aihab801/
Ajb7568/
Heejab7343/
Hajabh733/
Hijjab732/
Gaihab731/
Ahjoub731/
Gahaib731/
Hajabd731/
Gehjab731/
Ehab6773,575/
Ajib673,189/
Ajav67876/
Ayab67792/
Ijab67197/
Ajub67195/
Ajap67158/
Hajb67106/
Gajb6761/
Ajeb6744/
Ojab6740/
Ajob6738/
Ujab6730/
Ejab6725/
Aaib6716/
Aiab679/
Hijb675/
Aajb674/
Eahb674/
Heab674/
Ahub672/
Ahyb671/
Ajsb671/
Hujb671/
Auhb671/
Aujb671/
Ayhb671/
Aihb671/

Ahjab Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ahjab in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺁﺣﺠﺎﺏahjab-
Ahjab in the Hindi language
अहजाबahajaba-
Ahjab in the Arabic language
احجابahjab-

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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 Ahjab
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