Walijan Surname
Approximately 591 people bear this surname
Walijan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 461 | 1:69,747 | 2,108 |
| Indonesia | 122 | 1:1,084,010 | 78,297 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Walijan (428) may also be a first name.
Walijan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walijan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Walijan (Hindi: वलीजान, Marathi: वलीजान) is more commonly found in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Walijan.
How Common Is The Last Name Walijan? popularity and diffusion
Walijan is the 542,751st most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 12,330,873 people. The last name Walijan occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Walijan live; 79 percent live in South Asia and 79 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Walijan is also the 415,075th most numerous given name in the world, held by 428 people.
The last name is most numerous in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 461 people, or 1 in 69,747. In Afghanistan it is most numerous in: Urozgan, where 66 percent reside, Kandahar, where 11 percent reside and Helmand, where 10 percent reside. Beside Afghanistan this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 21 percent reside and Pakistan, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Walijan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Walijan in the Hindi language | ||
| वलीजान | valijana | - |
| Walijan in the Marathi language | ||
| वलीजान | valijana | - |
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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 Walijan
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