Yanjan Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Yanjan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 75 | 1:379,746 | 3,901 |
| India | 40 | 1:19,176,635 | 286,670 |
| Bhutan | 7 | 1:88,006 | 800 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Yanjan (61) may also be a first name.
Yanjan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yanjan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yanjan (Hindi: यंजन, Tibetan: ཡོན་ཇཱན།) has its highest incidence in Nepal. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yanjan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,620,164th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Yanjan live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 93 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Yanjan is also the 1,257,960th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 61 people.
The last name Yanjan is most commonly occurring in Nepal, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 379,746. In Nepal Yanjan is primarily concentrated in: Mechi, where 36 percent are found, Janakpur, where 25 percent are found and Koshi, where 20 percent are found. Excluding Nepal this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 32 percent are found and Bhutan, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yanjan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yanjan in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཡོན་ཇཱན། | yönjen | - |
| Yanjan in the Hindi language | ||
| यंजन | yanjana | - |
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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
- 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 Yanjan
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