Jahigir Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Jahigir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jahigir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India81:95,883,173728,828
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569

Jahigir (35) may also be a first name.

Jahigir Last Name Facts

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

Jahigir (Hindi: जहीगीर, Marathi: जाहीगीर) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Jahigir? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,812,366th most widely held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Jahigir occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Jahigir reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 73 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Jahigir is also the 1,744,716th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 35 people.

This last name is most common in India, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India it is most prevalent in: Bihar, where 88 percent reside and Karnataka, where 13 percent reside. Beside India this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Pakistan, where 27 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jahinghir886/
Jahingair881/
Jhahingir881/
Jahegir863/
Jahiger862/
Jahinghair821/
Jahajgir802/
Jaheghir801/
Jaegir772/
Jahhinger751/
Jaehger713/
Yahegir711/
Jahygeer671/
Jaeger6241,255/
Yaigre6244/
Jaéger624/
Jaäger621/
Yaiger621/
Jaegre621/
Jaegger5762/
Jaegher5725/
Jaenger5724/
Jaeguer575/
Jaegere573/
Geaiger571/
Yaeiger570/
Hioinger532/
Jaeghere532/
Yaiguere531/
Jaegerová5045/
Jaegerova503/

Jahigir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jahigir in the Hindi language
जहीगीरjahigira33.33
जहिगीरबेगमjahigirabegama33.33
जहांगीरjahangira33.33
Jahigir in the Marathi language
जाहीगीरjahigira33.33
जहीगीरjahigira22.22
जािहिगरjaihigara22.22
जहािगरjahaigara11.11
जहागीरjahagira11.11

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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 Jahigir
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