Prajan Surname
Approximately 257 people bear this surname
Prajan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 170 | 1:415,520 | 72,834 |
| India | 55 | 1:13,946,643 | 236,652 |
| Romania | 22 | 1:912,630 | 52,244 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Prăjan (4) are calculated separately.
Prajan (595) may also be a first name.
Prajan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Prajan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Prajan (Hindi: प्रजन, Marathi: जन, Oriya: ପଜନ) is found most frequently in Thailand. It may also appear as: Prăjan. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Prajan? popularity and diffusion
Prajan is the 996,001st most widely held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 28,356,210 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Prajan reside; 67 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 66 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 342,839th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 595 people.
This surname is most frequent in Thailand, where it is carried by 170 people, or 1 in 415,520. In Thailand Prajan is most common in: Ubon Ratchathani Province, where 71 percent live, Chiang Mai Province, where 12 percent live and Bangkok, where 5 percent live. Excluding Thailand Prajan occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in India, where 21 percent live and Romania, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Prajan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Prajan in the Marathi language | ||
| जन | jana | 77.78 |
| पीराजन | pirajana | 7.41 |
| ाजन | ajana | 7.41 |
| मोरेाजन | moreajana | 3.7 |
| गुरवाजन | guravajana | 3.7 |
| Prajan in the Hindi language | ||
| प्रजन | prajana | 75 |
| प्रज्ञान | prajnana | 25 |
| Prajan in the Oriya language | ||
| ପଜନ | pajana | 62.5 |
| ପାଜନ | pajana | 25 |
| ପଜ୍ଞା | pajna | 12.5 |
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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 Prajan
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