Shawaj Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Shawaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shawaj (87) may also be a first name.
Shawaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shawaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shawaj (Hindi: शहवाज, Marathi: शवाज, Oriya: ସାହାୱାଜ) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shawaj? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,798,600th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Shawaj are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,024,927th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 87 people.
This surname is most common in India, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 30,682,615. In India Shawaj is mostly concentrated in: Bihar, where 92 percent live, Delhi, where 4 percent live and Odisha, where 4 percent live. Besides India it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shawaj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shawaj in the Marathi language | ||
| शवाज | savaja | - |
| Shawaj in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାହାୱାଜ | sahawaja | 50 |
| ଶାହାୱାଜ | sahawaja | 50 |
| Shawaj in the Hindi language | ||
| शहवाज | sahavaja | 44.44 |
| शाहवेज | sahaveja | 22.22 |
| शाहवाज | sahavaja | 22.22 |
| शाबाज | sabaja | 11.11 |
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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 Shawaj
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