Kahanji Surname
Approximately 375 people bear this surname
Kahanji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 329 | 1:48,176 | 4,579 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
Kahanji (227) may also be a first name.
Kahanji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kahanji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kahanji has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahanji? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kahanji is the 761,666th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 19,433,456 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kahanji are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 596,468th most widely held forename throughout the world, held by 227 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 329 people, or 1 in 48,176. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: North-Western Province, where 65 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 29 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 2 percent live. Apart from Zambia Kahanji exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 7 percent live and Tanzania, where 3 percent live.
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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 Kahanji
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