Vanja Surname
Approximately 3,273 people bear this surname
Vanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3,142 | 1:244,133 | 14,226 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| Latvia | 18 | 1:113,891 | 16,101 |
| Croatia | 18 | 1:234,922 | 26,068 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Vanja (21,244) may also be a first name.
Vanja Demographics
Vanja Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Vanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vanja (Hindi: वंजा, Marathi: वंजा, Oriya: ଭଞ) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vanja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Vanja is the 136,996th most frequently occurring family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,226,565 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Vanja are found; 96 percent are found in South Asia and 96 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 36,155th most widespread given name world-wide It is held by 21,244 people.
Vanja is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 3,142 people, or 1 in 244,133. In India Vanja is primarily concentrated in: Gujarat, where 44 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 39 percent live and Telangana, where 10 percent live. Barring India this surname occurs in 32 countries. It is also common in Estonia, where 1 percent live and Latvia, where 1 percent live.
Vanja Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Vanja has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Vanja surname rose 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Vanja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Vanja last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vanja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vanja in the Oriya language | ||
| ଭଞ | bhana | - |
| Vanja in the Hindi language | ||
| वंजा | vanja | 73.91 |
| वनजा | vanaja | 20.29 |
| वान्जा | vanja | 4.35 |
| वन्जा | vanja | 1.45 |
| Vanja in the Marathi language | ||
| वंजा | vanja | 47.75 |
| वनजा | vanaja | 39.48 |
| वांजा | vanja | 7.08 |
| वानजा | vanaja | 1.61 |
| वांझा | vanjha | 1.07 |
| वाजा | vaja | 0.43 |
| वंगा | vanga | 0.32 |
| वन्जा | vanja | 0.32 |
| वंजे | vanje | 0.21 |
| िवजा | ivaja | 0.21 |
| वान्जा | vanja | 0.21 |
| वंझा | vanjha | 0.21 |
| वनेजा | vaneja | 0.11 |
| िवण | ivana | 0.11 |
| वन | vana | 0.11 |
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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 Vanja
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