Vjay Surname
Approximately 165 people bear this surname
Vjay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 164 | 1:4,677,228 | 120,006 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Vjay (523) may also be a first name.
Vjay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vjay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vjay (Hindi: विजय, Marathi: िवजय) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vjay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,348,199th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 44,166,945 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Vjay reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 369,131st most commonly occurring given name throughout the world. It is borne by 523 people.
The last name Vjay is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 164 people, or 1 in 4,677,228. In India Vjay is most common in: Kerala, where 99 percent reside, Telangana, where 1 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 1 percent reside. Excluding India this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vjay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vjay in the Marathi language | ||
| िवजय | ivajaya | 94.44 |
| जय | jaya | 1.39 |
| Vjay in the Hindi language | ||
| विजय | vijaya | 90 |
| अजय | ajaya | 10 |
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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 Vjay
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