Vajira Surname
Approximately 726 people bear this surname
Vajira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 658 | 1:31,624 | 3,961 |
| India | 60 | 1:12,784,423 | 224,716 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Vajira (24,923) may also be a first name.
Vajira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vajira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vajira (Hindi: वजीरा, Marathi: वजीरा) occurs most in Sri Lanka. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vajira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 464,191st most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 10,037,942 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Vajira reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 32,075th most prevalent forename on earth, held by 24,923 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 658 people, or 1 in 31,624. Excluding Sri Lanka it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 8 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vajira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vajira in the Marathi language | ||
| वजीरा | vajira | 92.07 |
| वाजीरा | vajira | 2.44 |
| वजीर | vajira | 1.22 |
| वाजीर | vajira | 1.22 |
| नजीर | najira | 0.61 |
| बाजीराव | bajirava | 0.61 |
| Vajira in the Hindi language | ||
| वजीरा | vajira | 89.76 |
| वाजिरा | vajira | 3.77 |
| वजीरां | vajiram | 3.23 |
| वजिरा | vajira | 2.43 |
| वाजीरा | vajira | 0.27 |
| वजीरअ | vajira'a | 0.27 |
| वजी़रा | vajira | 0.27 |
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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 Vajira
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