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) occurs most in Afghanistan. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Walijan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 542,751st most frequently held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 12,330,873 people. The surname 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 frequently used first name on earth, held by 428 people.
It is most common in Afghanistan, where it is held by 461 people, or 1 in 69,747. In Afghanistan Walijan is primarily concentrated in: Urozgan, where 66 percent are found, Kandahar, where 11 percent are found and Helmand, where 10 percent are found. Barring Afghanistan it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 21 percent are found and Pakistan, where 1 percent are found.
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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