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 surname Sanija (Bengali: সনিজা, Hindi: सनीजा, Marathi: सनीजा, Oriya: ସନିଜା) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Šanija. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanija? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,034,059th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. Sanija is predominantly found in Asia, where 79 percent of Sanija are found; 53 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 53 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 99,754th most widely held first name in the world, held by 4,714 people.
Sanija is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 2,938,871. In Indonesia Sanija is most common in: West Java, where 80 percent reside, East Java, where 13 percent reside and Southeast Sulawesi, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Indonesia this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent reside and Albania, where 12 percent reside.
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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