Bhanya Surname
Approximately 210 people bear this surname
Bhanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 102 | 1:531,154 | 42,340 |
| Zimbabwe | 65 | 1:237,511 | 26,018 |
| India | 40 | 1:19,176,635 | 286,670 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bhanya (309) may also be a first name.
Bhanya Demographics
Average Bhanya Salary in
South Africa
R 79,392
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Bhanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bhanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bhanya (Hindi: भन्या, Marathi: भान्या, Oriya: ଭଁୟା) is most common in South Africa. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bhanya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,144,405th most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 34,702,600 people. The surname Bhanya occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Bhanya live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Bhanya is also the 500,178th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 309 people.
The last name Bhanya is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 531,154. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 65 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 24 percent live and Gauteng, where 6 percent live. Beside South Africa this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 31 percent live and India, where 19 percent live.
Bhanya Last Name Statistics demography
Bhanya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 66.59% less than the national average, earning R 79,392 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bhanya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bhanya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଭଁୟା | bhamya | - |
| Bhanya in the Marathi language | ||
| भान्या | bhan'ya | 82.71 |
| भाण्या | bhanya | 12.54 |
| भन्या | bhan'ya | 3.39 |
| भसरा | bhasara | 1.02 |
| Bhanya in the Hindi language | ||
| भन्या | bhan'ya | 30.77 |
| भान्या | bhan'ya | 15.38 |
| भाण्या | bhanya | 15.38 |
| भांय | bhanya | 7.69 |
| भँया | bhamya | 7.69 |
| भनया | bhanaya | 7.69 |
| भण्या | bhanya | 7.69 |
| भण्य | bhanya | 7.69 |
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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 Bhanya
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