Hanjar Surname
Approximately 900 people bear this surname
Hanjar Surname User-submission:
The Hanjar surname comes from a very small place near Halady, which is located near Kundapur, Udupi Dist. There is a small hill, known as Hanjar Betta, which means 'Hanjar mountain or hill'.
So from there the surname has began used by the people.
Read More About This SurnameHanjar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 475 | 1:40,404 | 2,159 |
| Indonesia | 170 | 1:777,936 | 59,310 |
| Pakistan | 108 | 1:1,654,110 | 17,254 |
| Iraq | 68 | 1:515,024 | 8,412 |
| India | 61 | 1:12,574,842 | 222,490 |
| Afghanistan | 10 | 1:3,215,318 | 18,974 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Hanjar (720) may also be a first name.
Hanjar Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Hanjar surname comes from a very small place near Halady, which is located near Kundapur, Udupi Dist. There is a small hill, known as Hanjar Betta, which means 'Hanjar mountain or hill'.
So from there the surname has began used by the people.
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Hanjar Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Hanjar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hanjar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hanjar (Hindi: हंजार, Marathi: हंजर) is more frequently found in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Hanjar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hanjar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 392,884th most common family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 8,097,273 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Hanjar reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Hanjar is also the 307,588th most commonly held given name globally, held by 720 people.
The last name Hanjar is most frequent in Niger, where it is held by 475 people, or 1 in 40,404. In Niger Hanjar is most frequent in: Agadez Region, where 47 percent are found, Tahoua Region, where 35 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 9 percent are found. Besides Niger this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 19 percent are found and Pakistan, where 12 percent are found.
Hanjar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Hanjar last name is chiefly Shiite (67%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hanjar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hanjar in the Marathi language | ||
| हंजर | hanjara | - |
| Hanjar in the Hindi language | ||
| हंजार | hanjara | 80.77 |
| हांजरा | hanjara | 7.69 |
| हँजार | hamjara | 3.85 |
| हन्जरा | hanjara | 3.85 |
| हंजर | hanjara | 3.85 |
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Footnotes
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