Yanja Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Yanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Yanja (100) may also be a first name.
Yanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yanja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻨﺠﻪ, Marathi: यंजा) occurs in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yanja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,255,512th most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. Yanja occurs mostly in Asia, where 48 percent of Yanja are found; 28 percent are found in West Africa and 27 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Yanja is also the 946,056th most frequently held forename in the world. It is borne by 100 people.
The last name Yanja is most commonly held in Niger, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 1,010,106. In Niger Yanja is most common in: Agadez Region, where 100 percent are found. Barring Niger Yanja exists in 9 countries. It is also found in India, where 23 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yanja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yanja in the Marathi language | ||
| यंजा | yanja | - |
| Yanja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻨﺠﻪ | ynjh | 54.55 |
| ﻳﻨﺞ | ynj | 36.36 |
| ﻳﻨﺠﻲ | ynjy | 9.09 |
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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 Yanja
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