Pirjan Surname
Approximately 204 people bear this surname
Pirjan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 109 | 1:294,983 | 4,713 |
| Romania | 88 | 1:228,158 | 22,067 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
The alternate forms: Pîrjan (81) are calculated separately.
Pirjan (139) may also be a first name.
Pirjan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pirjan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pirjan (Hindi: पिरजन, Oriya: ପିରଜନ) is carried by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Pîrjan. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pirjan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,168,344th most commonly held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 35,723,264 people. The last name Pirjan occurs mostly in Asia, where 55 percent of Pirjan reside; 55 percent reside in South Asia and 55 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Pirjan is also the 784,558th most frequently used first name globally, held by 139 people.
The last name Pirjan is most prevalent in Afghanistan, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 294,983. In Afghanistan Pirjan is mostly found in: Urozgan, where 32 percent live, Helmand, where 31 percent live and Kandahar, where 12 percent live. Barring Afghanistan this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 43 percent live and Iran, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pirjan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pirjan in the Hindi language | ||
| पिरजन | pirajana | - |
| Pirjan in the Oriya language | ||
| ପିରଜନ | pirajana | - |
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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 Pirjan
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