Sanija Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Sanija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 45 | 1:2,938,871 | 165,726 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Albania | 10 | 1:291,406 | 15,585 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Šanija (4) are calculated separately.
Sanija (4,714) may also be a first name.
Sanija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanija Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sanija (Bengali: সনিজা, Hindi: सनीजा, Marathi: सनीजा, Oriya: ସନିଜା) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Šanija. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanija? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,034,059th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. Sanija is mostly found in Asia, where 79 percent of Sanija live; 53 percent live in Southeast Asia and 53 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 99,754th most widely held first name internationally, held by 4,714 people.
The last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 2,938,871. In Indonesia Sanija is most frequent in: West Java, where 80 percent live, East Java, where 13 percent live and Southeast Sulawesi, where 4 percent live. Aside from Indonesia this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also common in India, where 25 percent live and Albania, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sanija Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sanija in the Bengali language | ||
| সনিজা | sanija | - |
| Sanija in the Hindi language | ||
| सनीजा | sanija | 86.75 |
| सनिजा | sanija | 12.05 |
| सानिजा | sanija | 1.2 |
| Sanija in the Marathi language | ||
| सनीजा | sanija | 57.14 |
| सािनजा | sainaja | 28.57 |
| संजय | sanjaya | 14.29 |
| Sanija in the Oriya language | ||
| ସନିଜା | sanija | 50 |
| ସାନିଜା | sanija | 33.33 |
| ପଶନନ୍ | pasanan | 16.67 |
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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 Sanija
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