Panjira Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Malawi

Panjira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Panjira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India171:45,121,493474,784
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532

Panjira (365) may also be a first name.

Panjira Last Name Facts

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

The surname Panjira (Hindi: पंजीरा, Oriya: ପିରା) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Panjira click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Panjira? popularity and diffusion

The last name Panjira is the 3,882,373rd most common family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname Panjira is predominantly found in Asia, where 65 percent of Panjira live; 65 percent live in South Asia and 65 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 455,540th most common first name globally. It is borne by 365 people.

This surname is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 45,121,493. In India Panjira is primarily concentrated in: West Bengal, where 35 percent live, Bihar, where 29 percent live and Delhi, where 29 percent live. Excluding India it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Malawi, where 35 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Panjira Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Panjira in the Oriya language
ପିରାpira-
Panjira in the Hindi language
पंजीराpanjira87.23
पन्जीराpanjira8.51
पंजिराpanjira2.13
पनजिराpanajira1.06
पनजीराpanajira1.06

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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 Panjira
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