Jahngir Surname
Approximately 652 people bear this surname
Jahngir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 561 | 1:318,438 | 6,526 |
| India | 73 | 1:10,507,745 | 199,418 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
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 held by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jahngir? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 503,825th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 11,177,218 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Jahngir live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 86 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 286,673rd most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 813 people.
It is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is held by 561 people, or 1 in 318,438. In Pakistan Jahngir is mostly concentrated in: Punjab, where 64 percent reside, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 14 percent reside and Sindh, where 10 percent reside. Barring Pakistan it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 11 percent reside and Qatar, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jahngir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jahngir in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜାହ୍ଁିର | jahmira | - |
| Jahngir in the Marathi language | ||
| जहांगीर | jahangira | 62.5 |
| जहागीर | jahagira | 25 |
| जाहंगीर | jahangira | 12.5 |
| Jahngir in the Hindi language | ||
| जाहनगीर | jahanagira | 50 |
| जहंगीर | jahangira | 50 |
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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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