Shanij Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Shanij Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
Shanij (95) may also be a first name.
Shanij Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shanij Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shanij (Bengali: শানিজ, Hindi: शनीज, Marathi: शैनाज) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Shanij click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shanij? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shanij is the 3,882,373rd most frequent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name Shanij is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shanij live; 50 percent live in South Asia and 50 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Shanij is also the 974,243rd most widely held given name world-wide It is held by 95 people.
The last name Shanij is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 59,005,029. In India it is most common in: Kerala, where 85 percent live and Pondicherry, where 8 percent live. Apart from India it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 35 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 15 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shanij Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shanij in the Bengali language | ||
| শানিজ | sanija | - |
| Shanij in the Marathi language | ||
| शैनाज | sainaja | - |
| Shanij in the Hindi language | ||
| शनीज | sanija | 61.54 |
| शनिज | sanija | 23.08 |
| शानिज | sanija | 15.38 |
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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 Shanij
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