Phauj Surname
Approximately 937 people bear this surname
Phauj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 924 | 1:30,824 | 1,186 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
Phauj (249) may also be a first name.
Phauj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phauj Come From? nationality or country of origin
Phauj (Hindi: फौजा, Marathi: फौज, Oriya: ଫଉଜ) is found most in Nepal. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Phauj? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 380,576th most frequently used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 7,777,530 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Phauj reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 565,047th most frequent first name in the world, held by 249 people.
The surname Phauj is most common in Nepal, where it is borne by 924 people, or 1 in 30,824. In Nepal Phauj is primarily found in: Bheri, where 76 percent reside, Lumbini, where 24 percent reside and Dhawalagiri, where 0 percent reside. Besides Nepal this last name is found in one country. It is also common in India, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Phauj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Phauj in the Hindi language | ||
| फौजा | phauja | - |
| Phauj in the Marathi language | ||
| फौज | phauja | - |
| Phauj in the Oriya language | ||
| ଫଉଜ | pha'uja | 69.23 |
| େଫୗଜ | ephaja | 26.92 |
| ଫଉଯ | pha'uya | 3.85 |
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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 Phauj
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