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
The last name Vanja (Hindi: वंजा, Marathi: वंजा, Oriya: ଭଞ) has its highest incidence in India. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Vanja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 136,996th most prevalent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 2,226,565 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Vanja live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Vanja is also the 36,155th most numerous forename throughout the world It is held by 21,244 people.
The last name Vanja is most common in India, where it is borne by 3,142 people, or 1 in 244,133. In India it is most common in: Gujarat, where 44 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 39 percent are found and Telangana, where 10 percent are found. Other than India it is found in 32 countries. It is also common in Estonia, where 1 percent are found and Latvia, where 1 percent are found.
Vanja Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Vanja has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Vanja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly 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
- 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 Vanja
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