Nijay Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Nijay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 156 | 1:4,917,086 | 124,057 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Nijay (518) may also be a first name.
Nijay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nijay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nijay (Hindi: निजाय, Marathi: िनजय, Oriya: ନିଜୟ, Tibetan: ཉིད་རྒྱས་) is found most frequently in India. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nijay.
How Common Is The Last Name Nijay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,391,595th most frequently held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Nijay are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 371,231st most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 518 people.
The last name Nijay is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 156 people, or 1 in 4,917,086. In India Nijay is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 82 percent reside, Bihar, where 6 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 3 percent reside. Aside from India it occurs in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nijay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nijay in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཉིད་རྒྱས་ | nyigyé | - |
| Nijay in the Oriya language | ||
| ନିଜୟ | nijaya | - |
| Nijay in the Marathi language | ||
| िनजय | inajaya | 51.35 |
| िनजाय | inajaya | 40.54 |
| िवजय | ivajaya | 5.41 |
| िमया | imaya | 2.7 |
| Nijay in the Hindi language | ||
| निजाय | nijaya | 42.86 |
| निजय | nijaya | 42.86 |
| विजय | vijaya | 5.71 |
| निजया | nijaya | 2.86 |
| नीजाय | nijaya | 2.86 |
| नीजय | nijaya | 2.86 |
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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 Nijay
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