Chanji Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Chanji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 90 | 1:1,968,253 | 69,534 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Peru | 19 | 1:1,672,849 | 23,436 |
| Pakistan | 17 | 1:10,508,464 | 49,949 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| Kenya | 12 | 1:3,848,325 | 40,366 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chanji (1,314) may also be a first name.
Chanji Demographics
Chanji Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chanji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chanji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chanji (Hindi: चन्जी, Marathi: चंजी, Oriya: ଚାି) is most common in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chanji? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,177,228th most frequently used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 36,076,960 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Chanji reside; 45 percent reside in West Africa and 45 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chanji is also the 216,880th most commonly used forename at a global level, borne by 1,314 people.
The last name Chanji is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 90 people, or 1 in 1,968,253. In Nigeria Chanji is primarily concentrated in: Gombe, where 23 percent live, Bauchi, where 22 percent live and Sokoto, where 16 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent live and Peru, where 9 percent live.
Chanji Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Chanji last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Chanji earn more than double the average income. In Peru they earn 223.86% more than the national average, earning S/. 62,780 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chanji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chanji in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚାି | cai | - |
| Chanji in the Hindi language | ||
| चन्जी | canji | 66.67 |
| चंजी | canji | 22.22 |
| चनजी | canaji | 11.11 |
| Chanji in the Marathi language | ||
| चंजी | canji | 40 |
| चानजी | canaji | 30 |
| चांदजी | candaji | 10 |
| चांजी | canji | 10 |
| चांगाजी | cangaji | 10 |
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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 Chanji
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