Jahngir Surname

503,825th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 652 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Qatar

Jahngir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jahngir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan5611:318,4386,526
India731:10,507,745199,418
Qatar91:262,00030,726
England81:6,964,757184,742
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Jahngir (813) may also be a first name.

Jahngir Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jahngir (Hindi: जाहनगीर, Marathi: जहांगीर, Oriya: ଜାହ୍ଁିର) is borne by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jahngir? popularity and diffusion

It is the 503,825th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 11,177,218 people. Jahngir occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Jahngir are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 86 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Jahngir is also the 286,673rd most widespread given name globally, held by 813 people.

Jahngir is most prevalent in Pakistan, where it is held by 561 people, or 1 in 318,438. In Pakistan Jahngir is mostly found in: Punjab, where 64 percent are found, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 14 percent are found and Sindh, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Pakistan this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 11 percent are found and Qatar, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Jahngir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jahngir in the Oriya language
ଜାହ୍ଁିରjahmira-
Jahngir in the Marathi language
जहांगीरjahangira62.5
जहागीरjahagira25
जाहंगीरjahangira12.5
Jahngir in the Hindi language
जाहनगीरjahanagira50
जहंगीरjahangira50

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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 Jahngir
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