Mahajar Surname
Approximately 6,315 people bear this surname
Mahajar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 6,227 | 1:12,331 | 1,649 |
| Pakistan | 36 | 1:4,962,330 | 32,327 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Mahajar (1,062) may also be a first name.
Mahajar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahajar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mahajar (Arabic: مهاجر, Hindi: महजर, Marathi: महजर, Oriya: ମହଜର) is found most in Iran. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahajar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 77,465th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,154,006 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Mahajar reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 245,583rd most frequently occurring forename at a global level It is held by 1,062 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Iran, where it is borne by 6,227 people, or 1 in 12,331. In Iran Mahajar is most frequent in: Tehran Province, where 23 percent are found, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 15 percent are found and Sistan and Baluchestan Province, where 9 percent are found. Other than Iran Mahajar exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 1 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahajar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahajar in the Oriya language | ||
| ମହଜର | mahajara | - |
| Mahajar in the Hindi language | ||
| महजर | mahajara | 95.92 |
| महजार | mahajara | 3.4 |
| मजहर | majahara | 0.68 |
| Mahajar in the Marathi language | ||
| महजर | mahajara | 73.68 |
| महाजर | mahajara | 15.79 |
| मजहर | majahara | 10.53 |
| Mahajar in the Arabic language | ||
| مهاجر | mhajr | - |
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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 Mahajar
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