Zanji Surname
Approximately 548 people bear this surname
Zanji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 165 | 1:34,164 | 3,342 |
| India | 159 | 1:4,824,311 | 122,508 |
| Iran | 127 | 1:604,587 | 33,553 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Jordan | 14 | 1:631,603 | 13,893 |
| Syria | 11 | 1:1,754,638 | 8,509 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Palestine | 3 | 1:1,516,283 | 17,268 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Zanji (101) may also be a first name.
Zanji Demographics
Zanji Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Zanji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zanji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zanji (Marathi: झांजी) has its highest incidence in Lebanon. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Zanji.
How Common Is The Last Name Zanji? popularity and diffusion
It is the 574,640th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 13,298,441 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Zanji reside; 52 percent reside in South Asia and 40 percent reside in Levant. It is also the 940,641st most common first name throughout the world, borne by 101 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Lebanon, where it is borne by 165 people, or 1 in 34,164. In Lebanon Zanji is most prevalent in: South Governorate, where 53 percent live, Nabatiye Governorate, where 40 percent live and Beirut Governorate, where 4 percent live. Barring Lebanon it is found in 14 countries. It is also common in India, where 29 percent live and Iran, where 23 percent live.
Zanji Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Zanji last name is chiefly Shiite (85%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zanji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zanji in the Marathi language | ||
| झांजी | jhanji | 99.59 |
| झंजी | jhanji | 0.41 |
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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 Zanji
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