Yanje Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Yanje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yanje (33) may also be a first name.
Yanje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yanje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yanje (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻨﺞ) is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yanje? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yanje is the 3,274,477th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Yanje live; 75 percent live in Oceania Islands and 75 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 33 people.
Yanje is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 301,990. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Western Highlands, where 41 percent are found, Southern Highlands, where 33 percent are found and National Capital District, where 26 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea Yanje exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 11 percent are found and Cameroon, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yanje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yanje in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻨﺞ | ynj | 66.67 |
| ﻳﻨﺠﻪ | ynjh | 33.33 |
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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 Yanje
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