Prajapit Surname

2,578th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 215,528 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Prajapit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Prajapit Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India215,5001:3,559335
Nepal281:1,017,1776,083

Prajapit (18,226) may also be a first name.

Prajapit Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prajapit (Hindi: प्रजापित, Marathi: जापीत, Oriya: ପଜାପିତ) has its highest incidence in India. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Prajapit? popularity and diffusion

Prajapit is the 2,578th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,813 people. The surname Prajapit occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Prajapit live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 40,448th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 18,226 people.

It is most common in India, where it is carried by 215,500 people, or 1 in 3,559. In India it is most numerous in: Gujarat, where 100 percent live, Maharashtra, where 0 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 0 percent live. Apart from India this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Nepal, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prajapait9430/
Prajapith941/
Prajhapit941/
Prajapet886/
Prajipit884/
Prijapit881/
Prajpait881/
Prijapait821/
Prajpet801/
Preapaid631/
Phraephet5935/
Phraiphet594/
Proypet531/
Procopet5088/
Proyphet501/
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Prajapit Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Prajapit in the Oriya language
ପଜାପିତpajapita-
Prajapit in the Hindi language
प्रजापितprajapita92.16
प्रजापतिprajapati3.92
प्राजापीतprajapita3.92
Prajapit in the Marathi language
जापीतjapita50
जापीटjapita50

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Prajapit
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