Janjay Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Janjay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 67 | 1:65,799 | 5,672 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Janjay (3,466) may also be a first name.
Janjay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Janjay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Janjay (Hindi: जनजय, Marathi: संजय) occurs more in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Janjay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Janjay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Janjay is the 2,203,767th most frequently held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. The surname Janjay is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Janjay reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 120,745th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 3,466 people.
The surname is most frequent in Liberia, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 65,799. In Liberia Janjay is mostly found in: Rivercess County, where 31 percent are found, Grand Bassa County, where 30 percent are found and Montserrado County, where 22 percent are found. Besides Liberia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 5 percent are found and Ghana, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Janjay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Janjay in the Marathi language | ||
| संजय | sanjaya | - |
| Janjay in the Hindi language | ||
| जनजय | janajaya | 42.86 |
| जंजया | janjaya | 28.57 |
| जंजय | janjaya | 14.29 |
| गंजय | ganjaya | 14.29 |
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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 Janjay
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