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
Pravej (Hindi: प्रवेज, Marathi: वेज) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pravej? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 65,712th most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 959,772 people. Pravej is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Pravej are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 38,615th most common first name on earth, held by 19,468 people.
The surname is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 7,473 people, or 1 in 102,645. In India Pravej is most prevalent in: Bihar, where 81 percent reside, Uttar Pradesh, where 9 percent reside and Jharkhand, where 8 percent reside. Not including India it occurs in one country. It is also common 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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