Prajapati Surname

1,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 315,082 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Nepal

Prajapati Surname User-submission:

Prajapati is a clan (vansh) of Lord Brahma, the creator of world. So Prajapati's second name is 'Creator' and also called 'king of the world', 'king of all people'.

Prajapati Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India282,0501:2,720274
Nepal24,8461:1,146186
United States1,1041:328,31429,798
Saudi Arabia1,0731:28,7574,075
United Arab Emirates9951:9,2081,158
England9671:57,6206,934
Oman8281:4,454639
Canada5891:62,5567,315
Australia3741:72,1818,509
Qatar3711:6,356674
Bangladesh3601:442,65811,259
Thailand3051:231,60139,115
Kuwait2601:14,6181,974
Bahrain1761:7,6631,429
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
New Zealand821:55,2238,747
Malaysia691:427,45322,065
Singapore681:80,9963,278
Hong Kong561:130,9912,371
South Africa361:1,504,93677,557
Poland261:1,461,87585,446
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Zimbabwe201:771,91253,776
China171:80,430,6804,441
Russia171:8,477,827301,506
Rwanda161:710,3112,071
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Japan111:11,622,20845,659
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Iceland111:34,5542,447
Burundi91:1,089,428846
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Trinidad and Tobago51:272,79511,064
Myanmar41:12,984,4961,309
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Wales41:773,63329,106
Maldives41:101,0433,565
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Somalia41:3,363,0155,093
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Yemen31:8,808,43135,773
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belize11:355,4743,977
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Prăjapăti (1) are calculated separately.

Prajapati (12,947) may also be a first name.

Prajapati Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Prajapati is a clan (vansh) of Lord Brahma, the creator of world. So Prajapati's second name is 'Creator' and also called 'king of the world', 'king of all people'.

- devanshprajapati.

The Prajapati surname means 'potter'. This is one of the oldest tribe in India since raja Maharaja's time.

- chinmay

The meaning of the Prajapati surname is 'lord of all living beings', 'king'.

- archit56

Prajapati Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Prajapati Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Prajapati (Bengali: প্রজাপতি, Hindi: प्रजापति, Marathi: जापती, Oriya: ପଜାପତି, Tibetan: པྲར་ཇ་པ་ཏི་) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Prăjapăti. For other possible spellings of Prajapati click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prajapati? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,748th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 23,129 people. The surname Prajapati is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Prajapati are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 51,439th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 12,947 people.

The surname Prajapati is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 282,050 people, or 1 in 2,720. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 27 percent live, Jharkhand, where 22 percent live and Gujarat, where 21 percent live. Not including India it occurs in 87 countries. It is also common in Nepal, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Prajapati Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Prajapati surname are 0.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 52.46% being registered with the party.

The amount Prajapati earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 14.96% less than the national average, earning R 202,080 per year; in United States they earn 13.08% more than the national average, earning $48,794 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.46% more than the national average, earning $53,886 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Prajapati Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Prajapati in the Marathi language
जापतीjapati98.95
जापतjapata0.1
जापातीjapati0.09
ाजापतीajapati0.06
राजनाथrajanatha0.05
जापजीjapaji0.05
ाजापितajapita0.05
जपतीjapati0.04
जावतीjavati0.04
रामपलटramapalata0.03
राजपतीrajapati0.03
जवातीjavati0.02
रजनीrajani0.02
जापतीानेjapatiane0.02
राजपतrajapata0.02
तापतीtapati0.02
रामपतीramapati0.02
रमावतीramavati0.02
राजाभाईrajabha'i0.01
जापलीjapali0.01
रजईraja'i0.01
रामरतीramarati0.01
ाजपतीajapati0.01
जपातीjapati0.01
जािपतjaipata0.01
परजापतीparajapati0.01
प्रजापतीprajapati0.01
जापतीानjapatiana0.01
जापातjapata0.01
राजबलीrajabali0.01
जापाितjapaita0.01
परजापतparajapata0
कालपतीkalapati0
राजवलीrajavali0
पानमतीpanamati0
जापतीाचीjapatiaci0
रजइraja'i0
जापपीjapapi0
राजमतीrajamati0
रामपतramapata0
र्जापतीrjapati0
रमापतीramapati0
ाजापतीािमलाajapatiaimala0
राजपथrajapatha0
राजवतीrajavati0
पाजापतीpajapati0
जापती़japati0
रामपालटramapalata0
रघुपतीraghupati0
जापतीीjapatii0
जपतjapata0
सुरझतीsurajhati0
जाप॑ितjapaita0
रामगतीramagati0
जापतीातीjapatiati0
रामावतीramavati0
जापवीjapavi0
जपितान्तीjapitanti0
ाजापतीालालajapatialala0
तजापतीtajapati0
राजवंशीrajavansi0
पराजपतीparajapati0
जापतीलाडjapatilada0
रामपळटramapalata0
रघपतीraghapati0
जापतीामjapatiama0
गणपतीganapati0
सुरजपालsurajapala0
जापंतjapanta0
राजबालीrajabali0
पपलीpapali0
प्रजापतprajapata0
जापतीाजुjapatiaju0
रामवतीramavati0
रजतrajata0
जीपतीjipati0
जापतीपेशjapatipesa0
राजरानीrajarani0
परजापाितparajapaita0
यामपतीyamapati0
जापतीापीjapatiapi0
केरापतीkerapati0
सभापतीsabhapati0
राजइraja'i0
जापात्यीjapatyi0
जातपतीjatapati0
ाजापाितajapaita0
राजाजीrajaji0
रामरथीramarathi0
जापयीjapayi0
जपातjapata0
ाजपितajapita0
परजापरparajapara0
लालपतीlalapati0
जाजतीjajati0
ाजापातीajapati0
पंजापतीpanjapati0
राजधारीrajadhari0
उजापतीujapati0
राजधानीrajadhani0
राजमणीrajamani0
प्रजापतिprajapati0
राजधनीrajadhani0
पजापतीpajapati0
प्रजपतिprajapati0
जापतीाजीjapatiaji0
राजमनीrajamani0
फुलपतीphulapati0
राजपालrajapala0
Prajapati in the Hindi language
प्रजापतिprajapati96.43
प्रजापतीprajapati2.7
प्रजापातिprajapati0.12
प्रजपतिprajapati0.1
प्रजापितprajapita0.08
कुमारkumara0.07
प्रजपातिprajapati0.07
प्राजापतिprajapati0.04
प्रजापति़prajapati0.04
प्रजापपतिprajapapati0.03
पजापतिpajapati0.03
प्रजाप्रतिprajaprati0.03
प्रसादprasada0.02
प्रजाचतिprajacati0.01
प्रजाापतिprajaapati0.01
प््राजापतिprajapati0.01
परजापतिparajapati0.01
प्रजापतिपprajapatipa0.01
लालप्रजापतिlalaprajapati0.01
प्रजावतीprajavati0.01
प्र्जपतिprjapati0.01
प्रजावतिprajavati0.01
प्राजापतीprajapati0.01
प्रजापजिprajapaji0.01
प्रजापाितprajapaita0.01
प्रज्ञापतिprajnapati0.01
नारायणnarayana0.01
प्रजापprajapa0.01
प्रजापातीprajapati0.01
बजरंगbajaranga0.01
प्रजापितिprajapiti0.01
च्रजापतिcrajapati0.01
प्रजापिprajapi0.01
प्रतापतिpratapati0.01
प्राजपतिprajapati0.01
Prajapati in the Bengali language
প্রজাপতিprajapati94.92
প্রজাপতীprajapati5.08
Prajapati in the Oriya language
ପଜାପତିpajapati87.32
ପଜାପତୀpajapati6.76
ପଯାପତିpayapati2.92
ମୁପଜାପତିmupajapati0.38
ପିୁପଜାପତିpiupajapati0.31
ସୁପଜାପତିsupajapati0.15
ପଜାପତିାଇଁpajapatia'im0.15
ପଜପତିpajapati0.15
ପାଜାପତିpajapati0.15
ପଜପତୀpajapati0.08
ପଯ୤ପତିpayapati0.08
ଇୁପଜାପତିiupajapati0.08
ବିୁପଜାପତିbiupajapati0.08
ସିତାପଜାପତିsitapajapati0.08
ପଯାପତୀpayapati0.08
ରାଜୁକୁମାରrajukumara0.08
ଅୁପଜାପତିaupajapati0.08
ଶୁପଯାପତିsupayapati0.08
ଦକ୍ଷପଜାପତୀdaksapajapati0.08
ପଜାଜତିpajajati0.08
ଶୁପଜାପତିsupajapati0.08
ଚୁପଜାପତିcupajapati0.08
ପପୁପଜାପତିpapupajapati0.08
ରସାନrasana0.08
େତାପଜାପତିetapajapati0.08
ପଜପାତିpajapati0.08
ଚାୁପଜାପତିcaupajapati0.08
Prajapati in the Tibetan language
པྲར་ཇ་པ་ཏི་trarjapati50
པར་ཇ་པ་ཏི་parjapati50

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