Samjay Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Samjay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
Samjay (468) may also be a first name.
Samjay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samjay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samjay (Bengali: সম্্জয়, Hindi: समजय, Marathi: संजय, Oriya: ସଞୟ, Tibetan: བསམ་རྒྱས།) is found most frequently in India. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samjay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,116,508th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Samjay live; 65 percent live in South Asia and 65 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 393,633rd most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 468 people.
This surname is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 51,137,692. In India it is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 93 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 7 percent live. Outside of India this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 30 percent live and Jamaica, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samjay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samjay in the Bengali language | ||
| সম্্জয় | samjaya | - |
| Samjay in the Oriya language | ||
| ସଞୟ | sanaya | - |
| Samjay in the Marathi language | ||
| संजय | sanjaya | 76.19 |
| जय | jaya | 16.67 |
| सजय | sajaya | 4.76 |
| शम | sama | 2.38 |
| Samjay in the Hindi language | ||
| समजय | samajaya | 66.67 |
| सामजय | samajaya | 33.33 |
| Samjay in the Tibetan language | ||
| བསམ་རྒྱས། | samgyé | 50 |
| བསམ་རྒྱས་ | samgyé | 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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- 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 Samjay
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