Shahnwaj Surname
Approximately 315 people bear this surname
Shahnwaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 314 | 1:2,442,883 | 78,594 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Shahnwaj (846) may also be a first name.
Shahnwaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shahnwaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shahnwaj (Hindi: शाहनवाज, Marathi: शाहनवाज) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Shahnwaj.
How Common Is The Last Name Shahnwaj? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 862,604th most commonly used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 23,135,066 people. The surname Shahnwaj is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shahnwaj reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 280,396th most frequently held forename at a global level, borne by 846 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 314 people, or 1 in 2,442,883. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Bihar, where 74 percent live, Uttar Pradesh, where 19 percent live and Delhi, where 3 percent live. Outside of India this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shahnwaj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shahnwaj in the Hindi language | ||
| शाहनवाज | sahanavaja | 87.88 |
| शहनवाज | sahanavaja | 9.96 |
| शाहनबाज | sahanabaja | 1.3 |
| शानवाज | sanavaja | 0.43 |
| शंहवाज | sanhavaja | 0.43 |
| Shahnwaj in the Marathi language | ||
| शाहनवाज | sahanavaja | 26.67 |
| शहनवाज | sahanavaja | 26.67 |
| शहानवाज | sahanavaja | 13.33 |
| शानवाज | sanavaja | 13.33 |
| शहनेवाज | sahanevaja | 6.67 |
| शाहंवाज | sahanvaja | 6.67 |
| शांवाज | sanvaja | 6.67 |
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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
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- 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 Shahnwaj
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