Anja Forename
2,013th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 501,901 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Finland
Anja Forename User-submission:
The name Anja, Ania or Anya has various meanings. In Russian, it is a short form of the name Anna, and it means 'grace' or 'grace of God'. In other languages, it can mean 'melody', 'eye' or 'sight'.
Anja Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 312,992 | 1:309 | 85 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 41,113 | 1:575 | 101 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 39,629 | 1:427 | 75 |
| Finland | 100% | 28,007 | 1:196 | 36 |
| Denmark | - | 14,328 | 1:394 | 100 |
| Belgium | 100% | 14,115 | 1:814 | 188 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 10,725 | 1:229 | 40 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4,624 | 1:21,099 | 2,739 |
| Sweden | 100% | 4,398 | 1:2,241 | 335 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 4,058 | 1:2,024 | 396 |
| Norway | 100% | 3,400 | 1:1,510 | 303 |
| Austria | 100% | 3,310 | 1:2,572 | 319 |
| United States | 100% | 3,263 | 1:111,105 | 4,784 |
| India | 65% | 2,454 | 1:495,060 | 39,922 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,947 | 1:28,009 | 3,485 |
| Croatia | 100% | 1,664 | 1:2,534 | 381 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,508 | 1:25,217 | 844 |
| England | 100% | 1,425 | 1:39,020 | 2,006 |
| Indonesia | 63% | 1,181 | 1:218,428 | 20,653 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,123 | 1:62,392 | 6,228 |
| Canada | 100% | 688 | 1:48,159 | 3,209 |
| France | 100% | 430 | 1:154,582 | 2,812 |
| Spain | 100% | 423 | 1:110,000 | 3,040 |
| New Zealand | - | 406 | 1:11,173 | 1,135 |
| Australia | - | 404 | 1:33,806 | 1,886 |
| Albania | 100% | 279 | 1:10,920 | 1,685 |
| Serbia | 100% | 240 | 1:29,774 | 1,578 |
| Russia | 98% | 212 | 1:680,348 | 6,716 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 204 | 1:3,111 | 532 |
| Brazil | 100% | 199 | 1:1,076,564 | 27,620 |
| Egypt | 100% | 195 | 1:471,287 | 12,924 |
| Italy | 100% | 195 | 1:313,139 | 3,857 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 173 | 1:60,296 | 3,762 |
| Portugal | - | 166 | 1:62,716 | 2,006 |
| Malaysia | 87% | 121 | 1:251,652 | 13,538 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 112 | 1:439 | 84 |
| Scotland | 100% | 110 | 1:48,640 | 1,555 |
| Suriname | 100% | 99 | 1:5,584 | 1,159 |
| Ireland | 100% | 96 | 1:48,370 | 1,603 |
| Greece | 100% | 85 | 1:128,642 | 3,158 |
| Namibia | - | 85 | 1:28,284 | 2,264 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 82 | 1:42,981 | 2,198 |
| Kenya | - | 80 | 1:578,839 | 15,150 |
| Estonia | 100% | 77 | 1:17,083 | 1,563 |
| Greenland | - | 75 | 1:752 | 170 |
| Nigeria | 90% | 71 | 1:2,500,906 | 46,525 |
| Czechia | 100% | 70 | 1:152,231 | 1,388 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 59 | 1:9,560 | 800 |
| Ecuador | - | 55 | 1:322,308 | 4,310 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 55 | 1:688 | 154 |
| Mexico | 100% | 53 | 1:2,342,348 | 12,993 |
| Philippines | 92% | 52 | 1:2,038,644 | 45,226 |
| Papua New Guinea | 59% | 49 | 1:166,374 | 14,464 |
| China | - | 48 | 1:28,459,495 | 60,928 |
| Afghanistan | 79% | 47 | 1:694,117 | 10,091 |
| Belarus | 97% | 45 | 1:210,720 | 1,779 |
| Hungary | 100% | 45 | 1:217,595 | 1,113 |
| Ivory Coast | 81% | 43 | 1:536,650 | 19,525 |
| Latvia | 100% | 39 | 1:51,683 | 1,411 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Qatar | 100% | 38 | 1:62,358 | 7,477 |
| Chile | 100% | 37 | 1:475,870 | 5,903 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Kazakhstan | 86% | 32 | 1:554,589 | 7,795 |
| Wales | 95% | 30 | 1:103,144 | 2,492 |
| Iceland | 100% | 29 | 1:12,621 | 1,042 |
| Botswana | - | 26 | 1:84,017 | 7,219 |
| Nepal | 88% | 25 | 1:1,139,494 | 23,235 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 20 | 1:281,379 | 4,944 |
| Singapore | - | 20 | 1:314,353 | 9,609 |
| Niger | 100% | 16 | 1:1,199,000 | 17,651 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 15 | 1:3,415 | 513 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 14 | 1:510,857 | 17,236 |
| Japan | - | 13 | 1:9,845,081 | 34,731 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 12 | 1:8,283 | 1,404 |
| Hong Kong | - | 12 | 1:646,060 | 4,783 |
| Peru | 100% | 12 | 1:2,649,288 | 24,443 |
| Tunisia | - | 12 | 1:56,408 | 2,773 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 11 | 1:2,745,627 | 44,124 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 10 | 1:355,030 | 3,308 |
| Turkey | 100% | 10 | 1:7,780,171 | 28,511 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 8 | 1:2,971,210 | 60,968 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 8 | 1:170,177 | 9,829 |
| Israel | - | 7 | 1:1,200,417 | 15,461 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 7 | 1:2,203,402 | 59,073 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 6 | 1:307,191 | 2,078 |
| Bahamas | - | 6 | 1:66,562 | 1,346 |
| Georgia | 67% | 6 | 1:623,078 | 10,501 |
| Jordan | 95% | 5 | 1:1,765,355 | 7,450 |
| Kosovo | - | 5 | 1:372,288 | 10,773 |
| Monaco | 100% | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| South Korea | - | 5 | 1:1,108,884 | 18,705 |
| Uganda | 100% | 5 | 1:8,191,384 | 58,906 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 4 | 1:1,191,987 | 12,292 |
| Cyprus | - | 4 | 1:217,769 | 3,299 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 4 | 1:522,689 | 9,487 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Moldova | - | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Tanzania | 50% | 4 | 1:13,197,080 | 50,227 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Jamaica | - | 3 | 1:961,076 | 14,069 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| Belize | - | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| Congo | - | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Palestine | 50% | 2 | 1:2,275,029 | 4,783 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Maldives | 100% | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
Anja (4,108) may also be a surname.
Anja Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Anja, Ania or Anya has various meanings. In Russian, it is a short form of the name Anna, and it means 'grace' or 'grace of God'. In other languages, it can mean 'melody', 'eye' or 'sight'.
- romanticactusThis name originated from the Russian Hebrew name Anna as a nickname, meaning 'grace'.
- lazanja13Anja Forename Popularity
Anja Demographics
Average Anja Salary in
United States
$47,171 USD
Per year
Rank:
158,357 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000812554
Rank: 5,043 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
108.37%
Sample size: 1,420 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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