Hijra Surname
Approximately 215 people bear this surname
Hijra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 97 | 1:7,907,891 | 167,329 |
| Indonesia | 91 | 1:1,453,288 | 98,507 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Hijra (1,786) may also be a first name.
Hijra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hijra Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hijra (Hindi: हीजरा) is most common in India. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hijra? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,125,333rd most frequent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 33,895,562 people. The surname Hijra occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Hijra live; 55 percent live in South Asia and 45 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Hijra is also the 181,002nd most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 1,786 people.
The surname Hijra is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 7,907,891. In India Hijra is mostly found in: West Bengal, where 69 percent reside, Jharkhand, where 14 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 7 percent reside. Excluding India it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 42 percent reside and Iran, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hijra Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hijra in the Hindi language | ||
| हीजरा | hijara | 45.45 |
| हिजरा | hijara | 45.45 |
| हिजडा | hijada | 9.09 |
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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 Hijra
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