Ghanja Surname
Approximately 287 people bear this surname
Ghanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 142 | 1:62,271 | 5,627 |
| Afghanistan | 67 | 1:479,898 | 6,199 |
| Lebanon | 50 | 1:112,742 | 6,349 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Ghanja (267) may also be a first name.
Ghanja Demographics
Ghanja Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Ghanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghanja (Hindi: घन्जा, Marathi: घंजा, Oriya: ଘ, Tibetan: གན་ཇཱ་) is found in Jordan more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ghanja.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghanja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 921,780th most frequent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 25,392,146 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Ghanja live; 67 percent live in West Asia and 67 percent live in Levant. Ghanja is also the 544,256th most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 267 people.
The surname Ghanja is most common in Jordan, where it is carried by 142 people, or 1 in 62,271. In Jordan Ghanja is most common in: Amman Governorate, where 100 percent reside. Not including Jordan Ghanja is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 23 percent reside and Lebanon, where 17 percent reside.
Ghanja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Ghanja surname is principally Melkite Greek Catholic (94%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghanja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghanja in the Tibetan language | ||
| གན་ཇཱ་ | genja | - |
| Ghanja in the Marathi language | ||
| घंजा | ghanja | - |
| Ghanja in the Oriya language | ||
| ଘ | gha | 88.89 |
| ଘଂଜ | ghanja | 11.11 |
| Ghanja in the Hindi language | ||
| घन्जा | ghanja | 57.69 |
| घनजा | ghanaja | 34.62 |
| घानजा | ghanaja | 7.69 |
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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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- 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 Ghanja
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