Sahjan Surname
Approximately 298 people bear this surname
Sahjan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 179 | 1:998,011 | 12,969 |
| India | 77 | 1:9,961,888 | 192,972 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sahjan (1,245) may also be a first name.
Sahjan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahjan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sahjan (Arabic: شجعان, Hindi: सहजान, Marathi: सहजान) has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahjan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 897,852nd most numerous family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 24,454,852 people. The surname Sahjan is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sahjan reside; 86 percent reside in South Asia and 60 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 223,865th most frequent given name on earth It is held by 1,245 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is held by 179 people, or 1 in 998,011. In Pakistan it is most frequent in: Sindh, where 95 percent live, Punjab, where 4 percent live and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 1 percent live. Excluding Pakistan this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 26 percent live and Iraq, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sahjan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sahjan in the Hindi language | ||
| सहजान | sahajana | 89.58 |
| साहजान | sahajana | 4.17 |
| साहजन | sahajana | 2.08 |
| सहजॉन | sahajona | 2.08 |
| शाहजहा | sahajaha | 2.08 |
| Sahjan in the Marathi language | ||
| सहजान | sahajana | 66.67 |
| साजन | sajana | 33.33 |
| Sahjan in the Arabic language | ||
| شجعان | shjan | - |
| شجان | shjan | - |
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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 Sahjan
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