Sanje Surname
Approximately 1,215 people bear this surname
Sanje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 601 | 1:28,484 | 4,289 |
| Philippines | 288 | 1:351,522 | 47,258 |
| Tanzania | 75 | 1:705,888 | 40,428 |
| Cameroon | 64 | 1:324,517 | 29,689 |
| Indonesia | 50 | 1:2,644,984 | 153,918 |
| Zimbabwe | 39 | 1:395,852 | 35,770 |
| India | 38 | 1:20,185,931 | 296,209 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Turkey | 6 | 1:12,970,237 | 144,247 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Šanje (215) & Sanjê (1) are calculated separately.
Sanje (1,403) may also be a first name.
Sanje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sanje (Georgian: სანჯე, Hindi: संजे, Marathi: संजे, Oriya: ସେ) is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Šanje or Sanjê. For other potential spellings of Sanje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanje? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 310,170th most numerous family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 5,997,980 people. The last name Sanje is predominantly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Sanje reside; 53 percent reside in Southern Africa and 53 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sanje is also the 208,697th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 1,403 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is held by 601 people, or 1 in 28,484. Besides Malawi this last name occurs in 23 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 24 percent are found and Tanzania, where 6 percent are found.
Sanje Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sanje has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sanje surname contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sanje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sanje in the Georgian language | ||
| სანჯე | sanje | - |
| Sanje in the Oriya language | ||
| ସେ | se | 92.31 |
| ସାେ | sae | 7.69 |
| Sanje in the Marathi language | ||
| संजे | sanje | 85.19 |
| झांजे | jhanje | 7.41 |
| सांजे | sanje | 3.7 |
| संजय | sanjaya | 3.7 |
| Sanje in the Hindi language | ||
| संजे | sanje | 57.02 |
| सन्जे | sanje | 40.08 |
| सनजे | sanaje | 1.24 |
| संज्ॅ | sanje | 0.41 |
| संजोे | sanjoe | 0.41 |
| सान्जे | sanje | 0.41 |
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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 Sanje
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