Chajan Surname
Approximately 515 people bear this surname
Chajan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 494 | 1:361,627 | 7,078 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chajan (606) may also be a first name.
Chajan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chajan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chajan (Hindi: छजना, Marathi: चजन) occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chajan? popularity and diffusion
Chajan is the 602,749th most prevalent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 14,150,575 people. Chajan is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Chajan reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 339,515th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 606 people.
The surname is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is carried by 494 people, or 1 in 361,627. In Pakistan Chajan is most frequent in: Sindh, where 100 percent live. Not including Pakistan Chajan exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 1 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chajan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chajan in the Marathi language | ||
| चजन | cajana | 66.67 |
| च्जन | cjana | 33.33 |
| Chajan in the Hindi language | ||
| छजना | chajana | 25 |
| चाजन | cajana | 25 |
| चजन | cajana | 25 |
| छाजन | chajana | 25 |
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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 Chajan
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