Poojan Surname
Approximately 2,741 people bear this surname
Poojan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,716 | 1:282,425 | 16,066 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Poojan (906) may also be a first name.
Poojan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poojan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poojan (Hindi: पूजन, Marathi: पूजन, Tibetan: པུ་འཇན་) is found most frequently in India. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Poojan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 159,215th most common last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,658,718 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Poojan live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Poojan is also the 269,579th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 906 people.
The last name is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 2,716 people, or 1 in 282,425. In India it is primarily found in: Uttar Pradesh, where 89 percent live, Delhi, where 9 percent live and Uttarkhand, where 1 percent live. Barring India this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Poojan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Poojan in the Hindi language | ||
| पूजन | pujana | 99.65 |
| पुजन | pujana | 0.25 |
| पूजाण् | pujan | 0.05 |
| पूजऩ | pujana | 0.05 |
| Poojan in the Marathi language | ||
| पूजन | pujana | 82.54 |
| पुजन | pujana | 17.46 |
| Poojan in the Tibetan language | ||
| པུ་འཇན་ | pujen | 50 |
| པུ་ནམ་ | punam | 50 |
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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 Poojan
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