Thanji Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Thanji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 15 | 1:272,991 | 12,403 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Thanji (44) may also be a first name.
Thanji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thanji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Thanji (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻄﻨﺠﻲ, Hindi: थन्जी, Marathi: थानजी) occurs most in Mauritania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thanji? popularity and diffusion
The last name Thanji is the 2,689,253rd most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Thanji live; 35 percent live in South Asia and 29 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most widespread first name globally, borne by 44 people.
This last name is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 272,991. In Mauritania Thanji is most frequent in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 67 percent live and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 33 percent live. Other than Mauritania this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in India, where 23 percent live and Kenya, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thanji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thanji in the Hindi language | ||
| थन्जी | thanji | - |
| Thanji in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻄﻨﺠﻲ | altnjy | 66.67 |
| ﺍﻟﻄﻨﺞ | altnj | 33.33 |
| Thanji in the Marathi language | ||
| थानजी | thanaji | 66.67 |
| थानाजी | thanaji | 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 Thanji
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