Ganjai Surname
Approximately 490 people bear this surname
Ganjai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 461 | 1:1,663,916 | 60,584 |
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Ganjai (174) may also be a first name.
Ganjai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganjai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ganjai (Hindi: गंजई, Oriya: ଗାଇ) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ganjai.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganjai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 625,459th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 14,872,543 people. Ganjai occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Ganjai live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 692,220th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 174 people.
The last name is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 461 people, or 1 in 1,663,916. In India Ganjai is most numerous in: Telangana, where 61 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 37 percent live and Gujarat, where 2 percent live. Barring India this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 3 percent live and Thailand, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ganjai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ganjai in the Hindi language | ||
| गंजई | ganja'i | - |
| Ganjai in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାଇ | ga'i | 66.67 |
| ଗାାଇ | gaa'i | 33.33 |
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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 Ganjai
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