Kainja Surname
Approximately 2,791 people bear this surname
Kainja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2,300 | 1:7,443 | 1,095 |
| Uganda | 432 | 1:90,369 | 9,371 |
| South Africa | 22 | 1:2,462,623 | 101,019 |
| Tanzania | 18 | 1:2,941,201 | 49,497 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kainja (31) may also be a first name.
Kainja Demographics
Average Kainja Salary in
South Africa
R 158,304
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kainja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kainja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kainja (Bengali: কইঞ্জা, Oriya: କଇ) is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kainja? popularity and diffusion
Kainja is the 156,819th most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,611,088 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kainja are found; 83 percent are found in Southern Africa and 83 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kainja is also the 1,874,099th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, held by 31 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 2,300 people, or 1 in 7,443. Excluding Malawi this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 15 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Kainja Last Name Statistics demography
Kainja earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.38% less than the national average, earning R 158,304 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kainja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kainja in the Bengali language | ||
| কইঞ্জা | ka'inja | 66.67 |
| কাইনজা | ka'inaja | 33.33 |
| Kainja in the Oriya language | ||
| କଇ | ka'i | 33.33 |
| କାଇଁଜ | ka'imja | 33.33 |
| କଇଁଜା | ka'imja | 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
- 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 Kainja
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