Bhanj Surname
Approximately 1,394 people bear this surname
Bhanj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,391 | 1:551,449 | 27,127 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
Bhanj (198) may also be a first name.
Bhanj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bhanj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bhanj (Bengali: ভঞ্জ, Hindi: भंज, Marathi: भंज, Oriya: ଭ) has its highest incidence in India. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bhanj? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bhanj is the 277,773rd most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 5,227,795 people. Bhanj is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Bhanj reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 644,447th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 198 people.
This surname is most common in India, where it is borne by 1,391 people, or 1 in 551,449. In India Bhanj is most common in: Jharkhand, where 40 percent live, Odisha, where 27 percent live and West Bengal, where 19 percent live. Besides India this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bhanj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bhanj in the Bengali language | ||
| ভঞ্জ | bhanja | - |
| Bhanj in the Oriya language | ||
| ଭ | bha | 87.59 |
| ଭଂଜ | bhanja | 8.39 |
| ଭଞ | bhana | 1.46 |
| ବଂଜ | banja | 0.36 |
| ଧନ | dhana | 0.36 |
| ଭଂଞ | bhanna | 0.36 |
| Bhanj in the Marathi language | ||
| भंज | bhanja | 86.49 |
| भान्ज | bhanja | 10.81 |
| भांज | bhanja | 2.7 |
| Bhanj in the Hindi language | ||
| भंज | bhanja | 53.57 |
| भंजा | bhanja | 25 |
| भंन्ज | bhannja | 7.14 |
| भान्ज | bhanja | 3.57 |
| भांज | bhanja | 3.57 |
| भन्ज | bhanja | 3.57 |
| मंज | manja | 3.57 |
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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 Bhanj
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