Tanji Surname
Approximately 15,286 people bear this surname
Tanji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 9,883 | 1:12,936 | 1,652 |
| Morocco | 2,113 | 1:16,316 | 2,464 |
| Bangladesh | 901 | 1:176,867 | 6,245 |
| United States | 495 | 1:732,240 | 57,446 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| Philippines | 321 | 1:315,384 | 44,036 |
| Brazil | 258 | 1:829,745 | 30,014 |
| Cameroon | 207 | 1:100,334 | 11,860 |
| Tanzania | 199 | 1:266,038 | 21,128 |
| Mauritania | 142 | 1:28,837 | 2,412 |
| India | 136 | 1:5,640,187 | 135,419 |
| Indonesia | 42 | 1:3,148,790 | 173,812 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Palestine | 32 | 1:142,152 | 8,076 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| Peru | 13 | 1:2,444,933 | 27,186 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Tanji (1,527) may also be a first name.
Tanji Demographics
Average Tanji Salary in
United States
$48,105 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tanji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tanji (Arabic: طنجي, Bengali: তঞ্জি, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻄﻨﺠﻲ, Hindi: तनजी, Marathi: तानाजी, Oriya: ରତନ୍ାତାୀ) is held by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Tanji.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanji? popularity and diffusion
It is the 34,678th most commonly held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 476,746 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 77 percent of Tanji are found; 65 percent are found in East Asia and 65 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Tanji is also the 198,547th most frequently held given name throughout the world, held by 1,527 people.
This last name is most frequent in Japan, where it is held by 9,883 people, or 1 in 12,936. In Japan Tanji is most frequent in: Fukushima Prefecture, where 38 percent live, Tokyo Metropolis, where 13 percent live and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 9 percent live. Apart from Japan this last name exists in 51 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 14 percent live and Bangladesh, where 6 percent live.
Tanji Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Sunni (67%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Tanji surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 80% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Tanji earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 437.52% more than the national average, earning S/. 104,198 per year and in United States they earn 11.49% more than the national average, earning $48,105 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tanji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tanji in the Bengali language | ||
| তঞ্জি | tanji | - |
| Tanji in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻄﻨﺠﻲ | altnjy | 69.81 |
| ﺍﻟﻄﻨﺠﻰ | altnjy | 7.55 |
| ﺍﻟﻄﻨﺞ | altnj | 7.55 |
| ﺍﻃﻨﺠﻲ | atnjy | 5.66 |
| ﺍﻃﻨﺞ | atnj | 5.66 |
| ﺗﺎﻧﺠﻲ | tanjy | 1.89 |
| Tanji in the Marathi language | ||
| तानाजी | tanaji | 64.86 |
| तानजी | tanaji | 12.16 |
| तांजी | tanji | 10.81 |
| तानज्या | tanajya | 4.05 |
| तंजी | tanji | 1.35 |
| टांजी | tanji | 1.35 |
| टंजी | tanji | 1.35 |
| तान्जी | tanji | 1.35 |
| ताना़जी | tanaji | 1.35 |
| तन्जी | tanji | 1.35 |
| Tanji in the Oriya language | ||
| ରତନ୍ାତାୀ | ratanatai | 33.33 |
| ତାି | tai | 33.33 |
| ଟାି | tai | 33.33 |
| Tanji in the Hindi language | ||
| तनजी | tanaji | 21.74 |
| तंजी | tanji | 21.74 |
| तानजी | tanaji | 13.04 |
| तन्जी | tanji | 8.7 |
| तनजीम | tanajima | 4.35 |
| टन्जी | tanji | 4.35 |
| तांजी | tanji | 4.35 |
| तनजि | tanaji | 4.35 |
| तन्जीम | tanjima | 4.35 |
| तान्जी | tanji | 4.35 |
| तंजि | tanji | 4.35 |
| तानाजी | tanaji | 4.35 |
| Tanji in the Arabic language | ||
| طنجي | tnjy | - |
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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 Tanji
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