Johir Surname

283,789th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,357 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Bangladesh

Johir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Johir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bangladesh1,2621:126,2735,065
Indonesia331:4,007,551204,828
India231:33,350,669396,143
Malaysia211:1,404,48759,312
Pakistan81:22,330,48677,733
England61:9,286,343223,652
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Johir (11,582) may also be a first name.

Johir Last Name Facts

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

The last name Johir (Bengali: জহির, Hindi: जोहिर, Marathi: जोहीर, Oriya: େଜାହିର) is found most frequently in Bangladesh. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Johir.

How Common Is The Last Name Johir? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 283,789th most widespread surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 5,370,336 people. The last name Johir occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Johir are found; 95 percent are found in South Asia and 94 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 55,500th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 11,582 people.

It is most prevalent in Bangladesh, where it is held by 1,262 people, or 1 in 126,273. Without taking into account Bangladesh it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 2 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Johair9172/
Joheir9147/
Johier9125/
Joohair831/
Jahir8021,492/
Joher801,894/
Jouir804/
Jahier731,621/
Jhahir7378/
Jouair7316/
Jaahir7310/
Jhoher737/
Joheer731/
Jouihr731/
Johayr731/
Jouier730/
Joaheer67130/
Joer6776/
Jouaire6730/
Jihahir6720/
Ejioior675/
Jahaire673/
Ioir673/
Jahhhir672/
Ajioire671/
Yoir671/
Jahhgir671/
Jahahir671/

Johir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Johir in the Oriya language
େଜାହିରejahira-
Johir in the Marathi language
जोहीरjohira86.67
जोिहरjoihara13.33
Johir in the Hindi language
जोहिरjohira85.71
जोहीरjohira14.29
Johir in the Bengali language
জহিরjahira80
জুহিরjuhira20

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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 Johir
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