Abanji Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Abanji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 93 | 1:223,323 | 22,423 |
| Nigeria | 47 | 1:3,768,995 | 108,818 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Abanji (40) may also be a first name.
Abanji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abanji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abanji (Hindi: अबंजी, Marathi: अबांजी) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Abanji? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,403,590th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Abanji reside; 61 percent reside in Central Africa and 61 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequent forename at a global level, held by 40 people.
The last name Abanji is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 223,323. In Cameroon Abanji is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 49 percent live, Southwest Region, where 49 percent live and Littoral Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Cameroon Abanji is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 30 percent live and Uganda, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abanji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abanji in the Hindi language | ||
| अबंजी | abanji | - |
| Abanji in the Marathi language | ||
| अबांजी | abanji | 49.45 |
| आबांजी | abanji | 47.25 |
| आबंजी | abanji | 2.2 |
| अबाजी | abaji | 1.1 |
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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 Abanji
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