Thanuja Surname
Approximately 808 people bear this surname
Thanuja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 658 | 1:31,624 | 3,961 |
| India | 145 | 1:5,290,106 | 129,949 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Thanuja (33,138) may also be a first name.
Thanuja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thanuja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Thanuja (Marathi: तनुजा) is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Thanuja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 427,422nd most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 9,019,240 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Thanuja are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 25,798th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 33,138 people.
It is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 658 people, or 1 in 31,624. Aside from Sri Lanka this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 18 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thanuja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thanuja in the Marathi language | ||
| तनुजा | tanuja | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Thanuja
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