Jagwant Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Guyana

Jagwant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jagwant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa581:934,09859,404
Guyana61:127,0377,965
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013

Jagwant (1,094) may also be a first name.

Jagwant Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jagwant Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Jagwant (Hindi: जगवन्त, Marathi: जगवंत) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Jagwant click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jagwant? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,372,517th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Jagwant reside; 89 percent reside in Southern Africa and 89 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 241,283rd most frequently occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 1,094 people.

The last name Jagwant is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 934,098. In South Africa Jagwant is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 72 percent reside and Gauteng, where 28 percent reside. Outside of South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Guyana, where 9 percent reside and Trinidad and Tobago, where 2 percent reside.

Jagwant Last Name Statistics demography

Jagwant earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 17.61% less than the national average, earning R 195,792 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jagwanth9378/
Jagvant861/
Jaguante802/
Jaghband672/
Jacquant671/
Jacquaint6311/
Caquant57160/
Yagwond5730/
Jaquand5716/
Sagvand577/
Joquant574/
Sakwand572/
Jacquand53236/
Yaghband532/
Giakwand531/
Jouquant531/

Jagwant Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jagwant in the Marathi language
जगवंतjagavanta-
Jagwant in the Hindi language
जगवन्तjagavanta90
जगवंतjagavanta10

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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 Jagwant
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