Banjes Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Banjes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Banjes (33) may also be a first name.
Banjes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Banjes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Banjes (Marathi: बेन्जीस) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Banjes? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,908,606th most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Banjes occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Banjes are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 33 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria Banjes is primarily concentrated in: Plateau, where 100 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 6 percent live and South Africa, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Banjes Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Banjes in the Marathi language | ||
| बेन्जीस | benjisa | - |
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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 Banjes
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