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 last name Bavaj (Hindi: बवजा, Marathi: बावज) occurs more in Iran more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Bavaj click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bavaj? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,605,694th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. Bavaj occurs predominantly in Asia, where 60 percent of Bavaj reside; 60 percent reside in South Asia and 36 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 17 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Iran, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 3,839,126. In Iran Bavaj is most frequent in: Mazandaran Province, where 100 percent are found. Barring Iran it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 24 percent are found and Switzerland, where 20 percent are found.
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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