Dhananj Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Dhananj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dhananj Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Dhananj (77) may also be a first name.

Dhananj Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dhananj Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Dhananj (Bengali: ধনঞ্জ, Hindi: धनन्ज, Marathi: धनंज) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dhananj? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most common surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Dhananj are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 75 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,100,117th most commonly used first name globally, held by 77 people.

This surname is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 255,688,461. In India it is most prevalent in: Bihar, where 33 percent live, Delhi, where 33 percent live and Maharashtra, where 33 percent live. Barring India this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Pakistan, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Dhananj Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dhananj in the Bengali language
ধনঞ্জdhananja-
Dhananj in the Marathi language
धनंजdhananja85.71
धानंजdhananja14.29
Dhananj in the Hindi language
धनन्जdhananja50
धनंजdhananja27.78
धनन्जयdhananjaya11.11
धनञ्जdhananja5.56
धनंजयdhananjaya5.56

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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
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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 Dhananj
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