Vajaya Surname
Approximately 171 people bear this surname
Vajaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 170 | 1:4,512,149 | 117,295 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Vajaya (80,137) may also be a first name.
Vajaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vajaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vajaya (Hindi: िवजय, Marathi: वजया) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vajaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vajaya is the 1,315,412th most common family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 42,617,228 people. The surname Vajaya is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Vajaya live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Vajaya is also the 12,348th most common given name internationally It is held by 80,137 people.
This last name is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 170 people, or 1 in 4,512,149. In India it is most common in: Tamil Nadu, where 96 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 2 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 1 percent reside. Barring India this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vajaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vajaya in the Hindi language | ||
| िवजय | ivajaya | 83.78 |
| वजय | vajaya | 8.11 |
| वजया | vajaya | 5.41 |
| विजय | vijaya | 2.7 |
| Vajaya in the Marathi language | ||
| वजया | vajaya | 79.39 |
| वाजया | vajaya | 8.64 |
| िवजया | ivajaya | 6.69 |
| वजय | vajaya | 1.39 |
| वनायक | vanayaka | 1.11 |
| िवजय | ivajaya | 0.84 |
| वाज्या | vajya | 0.84 |
| वजाया | vajaya | 0.28 |
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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 Vajaya
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