Shanj Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Shanj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mongolia | 32 | 1:88,290 | 6,105 |
| Iran | 12 | 1:6,398,544 | 138,820 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shanj (36) may also be a first name.
Shanj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shanj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shanj (Hindi: शांज, Marathi: शानज) is carried by more people in Mongolia than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shanj? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shanj is the 2,909,720th most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name Shanj occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Shanj live; 71 percent live in East Asia and 71 percent live in Mongolo-Asia. Shanj is also the 1,717,090th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 36 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Mongolia, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 88,290. Apart from Mongolia it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 27 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shanj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shanj in the Hindi language | ||
| शांज | sanja | - |
| Shanj in the Marathi language | ||
| शानज | sanaja | 33.33 |
| शांज | sanja | 33.33 |
| शहनाज | sahanaja | 33.33 |
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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 Shanj
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