Panjiyar Surname

42,410th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,288 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Nepal

Panjiyar Surname User-submission:

Panjiyar is a surname of Sudhi community from Bihar, India.

It is also used in Nepal and other parts of the world due to the immigration of this community due to employment.

This community comes under middle class and lives like a Baniya.

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Panjiyar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India8,5601:89,6105,959
Nepal3,6321:7,842579
Qatar471:50,1704,949
Cyprus201:44,2444,510
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Panjiyar (32) may also be a first name.

Panjiyar Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Panjiyar is a surname of Sudhi community from Bihar, India.

It is also used in Nepal and other parts of the world due to the immigration of this community due to employment.

This community comes under middle class and lives like a Baniya. This community also consist of others surname like Purway, Mahato, Sah, Mahaseth, Kapri, Raut, Pradhan, Mandle, etc.

They speak Maithili language. It is situated in Bihar state of Mithila region, where Mata Sita was Born and Later Lord Ram married Mata Sita according to Ramayan.

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Panjiyar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Panjiyar (Hindi: पंजियार, Marathi: पंिजयार, Oriya: ପାିୟାର) is found most frequently in India. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Panjiyar? popularity and diffusion

The surname Panjiyar is the 42,410th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 593,062 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Panjiyar reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Panjiyar is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently used first name globally, borne by 32 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 8,560 people, or 1 in 89,610. In India Panjiyar is most numerous in: Bihar, where 92 percent reside, Jharkhand, where 4 percent reside and Delhi, where 1 percent reside. Beside India this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Nepal, where 30 percent reside and Qatar, where 0 percent reside.

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Panjiyar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Panjiyar in the Oriya language
ପାିୟାରpaiyara-
Panjiyar in the Hindi language
पंजियारpanjiyara88.89
पंजीयारpanjiyara11.11
Panjiyar in the Marathi language
पंिजयारpamijayara60
पंजीयारpanjiyara28
पांडीयारpandiyara8
पांजीयारpanjiyara4

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