Birjan Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Birjan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 60 | 1:1,279,709 | 53,896 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
The alternate forms: Bîrjan (2) are calculated separately.
Birjan (642) may also be a first name.
Birjan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Birjan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Birjan occurs in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Bîrjan. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Birjan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Birjan is the 2,203,767th most widespread surname on earth, held by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. Birjan occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Birjan are found; 84 percent are found in South Asia and 84 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 328,241st most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 642 people.
The last name Birjan is most frequently held in Iran, where it is held by 60 people, or 1 in 1,279,709. In Iran it is most common in: Fars Province, where 42 percent live, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 30 percent live and Kurdistan Province, where 17 percent live. Excluding Iran this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 11 percent live and Afghanistan, where 3 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Birjan
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