Penji Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Penji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Penji (582) may also be a first name.
Penji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Penji (Bengali: পেনজি, Hindi: पेन्जी, Marathi: पॅन्जी) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Penji click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Penji? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,828,462nd most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 71,446,529 people. The surname Penji is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Penji live; 76 percent live in Central Africa and 76 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Penji is also the 346,994th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 582 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 1,191,606. Apart from The DR Congo this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 16 percent live and Indonesia, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Penji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Penji in the Bengali language | ||
| পেনজি | penaji | - |
| Penji in the Marathi language | ||
| पॅन्जी | penji | - |
| Penji in the Hindi language | ||
| पेन्जी | penji | 91.67 |
| पेंजी | penji | 4.17 |
| पेनजी | penaji | 4.17 |
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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 Penji
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