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
Bavaj (Hindi: बवजा, Marathi: बावज) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bavaj? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,605,694th most widely held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. This surname is predominantly found 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 forename on earth, borne by 17 people.
It is most common in Iran, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 3,839,126. In Iran it is most common in: Mazandaran Province, where 100 percent reside. Not including Iran this surname exists 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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