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) is most common in Niger. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yanja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yanja is the 2,255,512th most widespread surname on earth, held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. Yanja occurs mostly in Asia, where 48 percent of Yanja live; 28 percent live in West Africa and 27 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 946,056th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 100 people.
The last name Yanja is most numerous in Niger, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 1,010,106. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Agadez Region, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Niger this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in India, where 23 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent reside.
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
- 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 Yanja
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