Yajan Surname
Approximately 229 people bear this surname
Yajan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 168 | 1:191,388 | 3,677 |
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Yajan (127) may also be a first name.
Yajan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yajan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yajan (Hindi: यजन, Marathi: यजन, Oriya: ଯାଜନ) has its highest incidence in Afghanistan. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yajan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,079,669th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 31,823,345 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 87 percent of Yajan are found; 83 percent are found in South Asia and 75 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Yajan is also the 825,494th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 127 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 168 people, or 1 in 191,388. In Afghanistan it is mostly concentrated in: Farah, where 98 percent reside, Nangarhar, where 2 percent reside and Khost, where 1 percent reside. Barring Afghanistan this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 11 percent reside and India, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yajan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yajan in the Oriya language | ||
| ଯାଜନ | yajana | - |
| Yajan in the Marathi language | ||
| यजन | yajana | - |
| Yajan in the Hindi language | ||
| यजन | yajana | 61.54 |
| याजन | yajana | 30.77 |
| यजान | yajana | 7.69 |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Yajan
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis