Pravej Surname
Approximately 7,593 people bear this surname
Pravej Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 7,473 | 1:102,645 | 6,734 |
| Nepal | 120 | 1:237,341 | 3,184 |
Pravej (19,468) may also be a first name.
Pravej Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pravej Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pravej (Hindi: प्रवेज, Marathi: वेज) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pravej? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 65,712th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 959,772 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Pravej live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Pravej is also the 38,615th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 19,468 people.
It is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 7,473 people, or 1 in 102,645. In India it is most numerous in: Bihar, where 81 percent reside, Uttar Pradesh, where 9 percent reside and Jharkhand, where 8 percent reside. Excluding India Pravej is found in one country. It is also found in Nepal, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pravej Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pravej in the Hindi language | ||
| प्रवेज | praveja | 99.13 |
| परवेज | paraveja | 0.57 |
| प्रावेज | praveja | 0.09 |
| प्रवेेज | praveeja | 0.07 |
| प्रवेश | pravesa | 0.06 |
| परवेज् | paravej | 0.02 |
| ्प्रवेज | praveja | 0.02 |
| प्रबेज | prabeja | 0.02 |
| परवेज़ | paraveza | 0.02 |
| Pravej in the Marathi language | ||
| वेज | veja | 53.57 |
| परवेज | paraveja | 46.43 |
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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 Pravej
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