Wajan Surname
Approximately 342 people bear this surname
Wajan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 114 | 1:1,160,081 | 82,627 |
| Pakistan | 96 | 1:1,860,874 | 18,465 |
| Afghanistan | 49 | 1:656,187 | 7,419 |
| Philippines | 42 | 1:2,410,434 | 128,915 |
| Iran | 15 | 1:5,118,835 | 123,814 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Wajan (691) may also be a first name.
Wajan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wajan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wajan (Arabic: واجان, Oriya: ୱାଜନ) occurs most in Indonesia. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wajan.
How Common Is The Last Name Wajan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 814,680th most common family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 21,308,614 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Wajan live; 48 percent live in South Asia and 47 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 314,578th most common given name at a global level. It is borne by 691 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is held by 114 people, or 1 in 1,160,081. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: Bali, where 37 percent live, West Nusa Tenggara, where 27 percent live and West Java, where 18 percent live. Apart from Indonesia it occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 28 percent live and Afghanistan, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wajan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wajan in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାଜନ | wajana | 66.67 |
| ୱାଯାନ | wayana | 33.33 |
| Wajan in the Arabic language | ||
| واجان | wajan | - |
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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 Wajan
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