Panaj Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Panaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Panaj (166) may also be a first name.
Panaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Panaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
Panaj (Bengali: পনজ, Hindi: पनज, Marathi: पंकज, Oriya: ପନାଜ୍) is found most frequently in India. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Panaj? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,602,217th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Panaj live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Panaj is also the 710,504th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 166 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 28,409,829. In India Panaj is primarily concentrated in: Gujarat, where 81 percent live, West Bengal, where 11 percent live and Bihar, where 4 percent live. Not including India Panaj exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 3 percent live and Kosovo, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Panaj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Panaj in the Bengali language | ||
| পনজ | panaja | - |
| Panaj in the Marathi language | ||
| पंकज | pankaja | 80 |
| पंडया | pandaya | 20 |
| Panaj in the Hindi language | ||
| पनज | panaja | 66.67 |
| पनाज | panaja | 33.33 |
| Panaj in the Oriya language | ||
| ପନାଜ୍ | panaj | 50 |
| ପଙଜ | panaja | 50 |
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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 Panaj
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