Dhanaj Surname
Approximately 271 people bear this surname
Dhanaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 252 | 1:3,043,910 | 90,807 |
| Albania | 19 | 1:153,371 | 11,939 |
Dhanaj (222) may also be a first name.
Dhanaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dhanaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dhanaj (Hindi: धनाज, Marathi: धनाज, Oriya: ଧନଜ) is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Dhanaj.
How Common Is The Last Name Dhanaj? popularity and diffusion
It is the 961,438th most widely held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 26,891,313 people. The surname Dhanaj is predominantly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Dhanaj live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 93 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Dhanaj is also the 605,116th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 222 people.
It is most common in India, where it is held by 252 people, or 1 in 3,043,910. In India Dhanaj is mostly found in: Gujarat, where 98 percent live, Madhya Pradesh, where 2 percent live and Karnataka, where 0 percent live. Not including India this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Albania, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dhanaj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dhanaj in the Oriya language | ||
| ଧନଜ | dhanaja | - |
| Dhanaj in the Hindi language | ||
| धनाज | dhanaja | 68 |
| धनज | dhanaja | 24 |
| धनराज | dhanaraja | 4 |
| धनाजा | dhanaja | 4 |
| Dhanaj in the Marathi language | ||
| धनाज | dhanaja | 60.61 |
| धनाजी | dhanaji | 15.15 |
| धनज | dhanaja | 15.15 |
| हाण | hana | 3.03 |
| धानज | dhanaja | 3.03 |
| धवजी | dhavaji | 3.03 |
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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 Dhanaj
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