Tanja Forename
3,080th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 338,234 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Slovenia
Tanja Forename User-submission:
It is primarily a female name of Russian origin, which means fairy queen. It can also mean 'beautiful princess'.
Tanja Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 224,975 | 1:430 | 127 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 15,375 | 1:1,099 | 243 |
| Serbia | 100% | 12,018 | 1:595 | 141 |
| Finland | 100% | 10,723 | 1:511 | 142 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 9,852 | 1:250 | 49 |
| Austria | 100% | 9,100 | 1:936 | 187 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 8,165 | 1:1,006 | 218 |
| Denmark | - | 8,156 | 1:693 | 152 |
| Croatia | 100% | 7,858 | 1:537 | 135 |
| United States | 100% | 6,675 | 1:54,313 | 2,976 |
| South Africa | 100% | 3,270 | 1:16,677 | 2,453 |
| Belgium | 100% | 3,239 | 1:3,547 | 632 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2,586 | 1:3,812 | 478 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 2,107 | 1:1,673 | 436 |
| Norway | 100% | 1,512 | 1:3,394 | 495 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,494 | 1:22,178 | 1,944 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1,207 | 1:1,732 | 356 |
| England | 100% | 1,135 | 1:48,989 | 2,328 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 921 | 1:689 | 156 |
| Australia | - | 795 | 1:17,179 | 1,293 |
| Thailand | 100% | 782 | 1:89,598 | 7,861 |
| Russia | 98% | 559 | 1:258,021 | 3,526 |
| Italy | 100% | 434 | 1:140,696 | 2,291 |
| Egypt | 100% | 369 | 1:249,054 | 8,446 |
| Poland | 90% | 330 | 1:115,234 | 2,410 |
| Spain | 100% | 327 | 1:142,293 | 3,463 |
| Kosovo | - | 318 | 1:5,854 | 1,002 |
| France | 100% | 272 | 1:244,376 | 3,631 |
| Suriname | 100% | 263 | 1:2,102 | 491 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 262 | 1:2,153 | 332 |
| Estonia | 100% | 245 | 1:5,369 | 785 |
| New Zealand | - | 220 | 1:20,618 | 1,600 |
| Portugal | - | 194 | 1:53,664 | 1,818 |
| Namibia | - | 164 | 1:14,660 | 1,516 |
| India | 74% | 149 | 1:8,153,543 | 263,329 |
| Iceland | 100% | 148 | 1:2,473 | 398 |
| Kazakhstan | 79% | 139 | 1:127,675 | 3,496 |
| Belarus | 100% | 129 | 1:73,507 | 808 |
| Greece | 100% | 128 | 1:85,426 | 2,452 |
| Niger | 95% | 113 | 1:169,770 | 5,149 |
| Brazil | 100% | 111 | 1:1,930,055 | 41,145 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 105 | 1:99,345 | 5,177 |
| Ireland | 100% | 103 | 1:45,083 | 1,537 |
| Latvia | - | 95 | 1:21,217 | 938 |
| Albania | 100% | 85 | 1:35,842 | 3,721 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 85 | 1:445 | 103 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Scotland | 100% | 69 | 1:77,542 | 2,023 |
| Malta | - | 57 | 1:7,533 | 851 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 51 | 1:140,235 | 9,537 |
| Indonesia | - | 44 | 1:5,862,811 | 220,905 |
| Czechia | 100% | 41 | 1:259,906 | 1,839 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 33 | 1:1,489 | 320 |
| China | - | 30 | 1:45,535,193 | 62,023 |
| Turkey | 88% | 29 | 1:2,682,818 | 16,510 |
| Chile | 100% | 28 | 1:628,829 | 6,934 |
| Zimbabwe | 86% | 28 | 1:550,851 | 23,998 |
| Greenland | - | 24 | 1:2,349 | 398 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 23 | 1:178,054 | 5,547 |
| Philippines | 100% | 23 | 1:4,609,108 | 81,684 |
| Malaysia | 93% | 21 | 1:1,449,997 | 46,053 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 21 | 1:8,455,446 | 105,604 |
| Ukraine | - | 21 | 1:2,166,662 | 5,310 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Mexico | 100% | 19 | 1:6,533,917 | 23,538 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 17 | 1:15,892 | 1,309 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| Ecuador | - | 16 | 1:1,107,932 | 8,230 |
| Wales | 100% | 16 | 1:193,394 | 3,524 |
| Hong Kong | - | 12 | 1:646,060 | 4,783 |
| Singapore | - | 12 | 1:523,921 | 11,491 |
| Bulgaria | - | 10 | 1:699,039 | 9,190 |
| Hungary | 100% | 10 | 1:979,177 | 2,758 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,811 | 1,077 |
| Ethiopia | - | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Japan | - | 6 | 1:21,331,010 | 46,700 |
| Panama | - | 6 | 1:651,093 | 16,250 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 5 | 1:1,447,361 | 8,023 |
| Tanzania | - | 5 | 1:10,557,664 | 41,958 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 5 | 1:272,284 | 13,349 |
| Afghanistan | - | 4 | 1:8,155,879 | 35,337 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Cyprus | - | 4 | 1:217,769 | 3,299 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Moldova | - | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| Papua New Guinea | - | 4 | 1:2,038,078 | 115,092 |
| Peru | 100% | 4 | 1:7,947,864 | 48,688 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 4 | 1:27,437 | 2,836 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Venezuela | - | 4 | 1:7,550,473 | 90,577 |
| Vietnam | - | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Cape Verde | - | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Israel | - | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Nepal | 100% | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| San Marino | - | 2 | 1:16,460 | 588 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Taiwan | - | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
The alternate forms: Tánja (1) & Tänja (1) are calculated separately.
Tanja (1,096) may also be a surname.
Tanja Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
It is primarily a female name of Russian origin, which means fairy queen. It can also mean 'beautiful princess'.
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Tanja Demographics
Average Tanja Salary in
United States
$42,877 USD
Per year
Rank:
212,275 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00170135
Rank: 3,040 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
98.5%
Sample size: 3,271 (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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