Zavahir Surname

243,808th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,635 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Zavahir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zavahir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,3891:14,9812,125
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Qatar281:84,2149,043
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
United States91:40,273,215872,126
England81:6,964,757184,742
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Zavahir (20) may also be a first name.

Zavahir Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Zavahir Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Zavahir (Marathi: जवाहीर) occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zavahir? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 243,808th most frequently held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 4,457,215 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Zavahir live; 85 percent live in South Asia and 85 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Zavahir is also the 2,446,817th most widely held first name in the world, held by 20 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 1,389 people, or 1 in 14,981. Other than Sri Lanka it exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 10 percent are found and Qatar, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zawahir862,184/
Zavaher8611/
Zavaheer801/
Dzhevahir751/
Zawaher7129/
Cavahirova711/
Zawaherh671/
Zawaheer671/
Zafaer624/
Zahfeer573/
Zowaher573/
Zaffaer571/
Zaafaer571/

Zavahir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zavahir in the Marathi language
जवाहीरjavahira66.67
झवाहीरjhavahira33.33

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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 Zavahir
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