Bavaj Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Bavaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 20 | 1:3,839,126 | 105,129 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bavaj (17) may also be a first name.
Bavaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bavaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bavaj (Hindi: बवजा, Marathi: बावज) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bavaj? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,605,694th most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 60 percent of Bavaj live; 60 percent live in South Asia and 36 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Bavaj is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 17 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Iran, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 3,839,126. In Iran Bavaj is primarily concentrated in: Mazandaran Province, where 100 percent reside. Beside Iran this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 24 percent reside and Switzerland, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bavaj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bavaj in the Marathi language | ||
| बावज | bavaja | 56.25 |
| बवाज | bavaja | 37.5 |
| बावाजी | bavaji | 6.25 |
| Bavaj in the Hindi language | ||
| बवजा | bavaja | 33.33 |
| बवज | bavaja | 33.33 |
| बावजा | bavaja | 33.33 |
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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 Bavaj
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