Kanaj Surname
Approximately 637 people bear this surname
Kanaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 257 | 1:2,984,690 | 89,613 |
| Albania | 181 | 1:16,100 | 2,859 |
| Yemen | 130 | 1:203,271 | 8,618 |
| Greece | 33 | 1:335,751 | 47,626 |
| Lebanon | 27 | 1:208,781 | 8,577 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Kanaj (270) may also be a first name.
Kanaj Demographics
Kanaj Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Kanaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanaj (Hindi: कनज, Marathi: कानज, Oriya: କନଜ) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kanaj.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanaj? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 512,799th most frequent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 11,440,417 people. Kanaj occurs mostly in Asia, where 66 percent of Kanaj reside; 41 percent reside in South Asia and 40 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 541,116th most frequent given name in the world, held by 270 people.
This last name is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 257 people, or 1 in 2,984,690. In India it is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 53 percent reside, Karnataka, where 46 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 1 percent reside. Apart from India this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Albania, where 28 percent reside and Yemen, where 20 percent reside.
Kanaj Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kanaj last name is predominantly Armenian Catholic (88%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanaj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanaj in the Oriya language | ||
| କନଜ | kanaja | 75 |
| କାନଜ | kanaja | 25 |
| Kanaj in the Marathi language | ||
| कानज | kanaja | 41.67 |
| कनज | kanaja | 16.67 |
| कानाज | kanaja | 16.67 |
| कनाज | kanaja | 8.33 |
| कािनज | kainaja | 8.33 |
| कणज | kanaja | 8.33 |
| Kanaj in the Hindi language | ||
| कनज | kanaja | 40 |
| कनाज | kanaja | 26.67 |
| कानज | kanaja | 13.33 |
| कानजा | kanaja | 6.67 |
| कनीज | kanija | 6.67 |
| कनजा | kanaja | 6.67 |
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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 Kanaj
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