Poojar Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Poojar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 171 | 1:4,485,762 | 116,822 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Poojar (26) may also be a first name.
Poojar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poojar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Poojar (Hindi: पूजा, Marathi: पूजार) is most common in India. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Poojar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Poojar is the 1,290,735th most widespread surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 41,406,511 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Poojar reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Poojar is also the 2,084,397th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 26 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 4,485,762. In India it is most prevalent in: Karnataka, where 42 percent reside, Telangana, where 30 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 6 percent reside. Other than India Poojar exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Poojar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Poojar in the Hindi language | ||
| पूजा | puja | 84.62 |
| पूजार | pujara | 7.69 |
| पूजर | pujara | 7.69 |
| Poojar in the Marathi language | ||
| पूजार | pujara | 66.67 |
| पुजारी | pujari | 16.67 |
| पुजार | pujara | 16.67 |
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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 Poojar
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