Shanjay Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Shanjay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 76 | 1:10,092,966 | 194,472 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Shanjay (634) may also be a first name.
Shanjay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shanjay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shanjay (Bengali: শঞ্জয়, Hindi: शंजय, Marathi: संजय, Oriya: ଶଂଜୟ) is found most frequently in India. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shanjay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,106,139th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. The last name Shanjay occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shanjay reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 330,552nd most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 634 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 10,092,966. In India Shanjay is mostly concentrated in: Manipur, where 97 percent live, Arunachal Pradesh, where 1 percent live and Bihar, where 1 percent live. Excluding India this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 1 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shanjay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shanjay in the Bengali language | ||
| শঞ্জয় | sanjaya | - |
| Shanjay in the Hindi language | ||
| शंजय | sanjaya | 79.17 |
| संजय | sanjaya | 20.83 |
| Shanjay in the Marathi language | ||
| संजय | sanjaya | 66.67 |
| शंजय | sanjaya | 23.81 |
| सजय | sajaya | 4.76 |
| षंजय | sanjaya | 4.76 |
| Shanjay in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶଂଜୟ | sanjaya | 50 |
| ପଧାନ | padhana | 21.43 |
| ହରିଜନ | harijana | 7.14 |
| ନାହାକ | nahaka | 7.14 |
| ମହାନ | mahana | 7.14 |
| ମହାଂତ | mahanta | 7.14 |
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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 Shanjay
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