Ghanaji Surname
Approximately 206 people bear this surname
Ghanaji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 186 | 1:4,124,007 | 110,764 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
Ghanaji (2,370) may also be a first name.
Ghanaji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghanaji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ghanaji (Hindi: घनजी, Marathi: घनाजी) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Ghanaji click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghanaji? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,159,732nd most widely held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 35,376,436 people. The last name Ghanaji is mostly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Ghanaji live; 90 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 152,603rd most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 2,370 people.
The last name Ghanaji is most widely held in India, where it is held by 186 people, or 1 in 4,124,007. In India it is most numerous in: Gujarat, where 76 percent live, Madhya Pradesh, where 20 percent live and Maharashtra, where 3 percent live. Other than India this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghanaji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghanaji in the Marathi language | ||
| घनाजी | ghanaji | 85.9 |
| घानाजी | ghanaji | 3.21 |
| धनाजी | dhanaji | 2.56 |
| घणजी | ghanaji | 1.28 |
| गणपती | ganapati | 1.28 |
| घनजी | ghanaji | 1.28 |
| घानजी | ghanaji | 1.28 |
| घणाजी | ghanaji | 1.28 |
| घनािज | ghanaija | 0.64 |
| Ghanaji in the Hindi language | ||
| घनजी | ghanaji | 68.25 |
| घनाजी | ghanaji | 28.57 |
| घनजि | ghanaji | 1.59 |
| घानजी | ghanaji | 1.59 |
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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 Ghanaji
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