Chanju Surname
Approximately 231 people bear this surname
Chanju Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 176 | 1:300,805 | 23,193 |
| Cameroon | 42 | 1:494,502 | 40,134 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Chanju (1,301) may also be a first name.
Chanju Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chanju Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chanju (Hindi: चन्जू, Marathi: चंजु) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Chanju click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chanju? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,073,555th most commonly used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 31,547,818 people. The surname Chanju occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Chanju live; 77 percent live in East Africa and 77 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 218,140th most frequently used forename worldwide, held by 1,301 people.
This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 176 people, or 1 in 300,805. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Lindi Region, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania Chanju occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 18 percent reside and Thailand, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chanju Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chanju in the Marathi language | ||
| चंजु | canju | 50 |
| चांजू | canju | 50 |
| Chanju in the Hindi language | ||
| चन्जू | canju | 40 |
| चन्जु | canju | 30 |
| चान्जू | canju | 10 |
| चांजू | canju | 10 |
| चंजू | canju | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Chanju
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