Kanaija Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Kanaija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
Kanaija (25) may also be a first name.
Kanaija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanaija Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanaija (Hindi: कनैजा, Marathi: किनजा) is most common in Uganda. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanaija? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 60 percent of Kanaija reside; 60 percent reside in East Africa and 60 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kanaija is also the 2,136,160th most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 25 people.
The last name Kanaija is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 6,506,546. In Uganda Kanaija is mostly concentrated in: Kamwenge District, where 100 percent reside. Other than Uganda this last name is found in one country. It is also found in India, where 40 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanaija Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanaija in the Hindi language | ||
| कनैजा | kanaija | - |
| Kanaija in the Marathi language | ||
| किनजा | kinaja | - |
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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 Kanaija
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