Ghaji Surname
Approximately 666 people bear this surname
Ghaji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 336 | 1:228,519 | 17,749 |
| Nigeria | 262 | 1:676,117 | 31,456 |
| India | 51 | 1:15,040,498 | 247,985 |
| Afghanistan | 8 | 1:4,019,148 | 21,487 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ghaji (309) may also be a first name.
Ghaji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghaji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ghaji (Hindi: गाजी, Marathi: घाजी, Oriya: ଘଜି) is found most in Iran. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghaji? popularity and diffusion
Ghaji is the 495,560th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,942,261 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 60 percent of Ghaji reside; 60 percent reside in South Asia and 53 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 500,178th most commonly occurring forename on earth It is held by 309 people.
This last name is most widely held in Iran, where it is carried by 336 people, or 1 in 228,519. In Iran it is most prevalent in: Golestan Province, where 79 percent reside, Tehran Province, where 18 percent reside and Mazandaran Province, where 2 percent reside. Beside Iran this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 39 percent reside and India, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghaji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghaji in the Oriya language | ||
| ଘଜି | ghaji | - |
| Ghaji in the Hindi language | ||
| गाजी | gaji | 80 |
| घणी | ghani | 20 |
| Ghaji in the Marathi language | ||
| घाजी | ghaji | 40 |
| गाजी | gaji | 40 |
| घजी | ghaji | 20 |
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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 Ghaji
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