Kananji Surname
Approximately 7,809 people bear this surname
Kananji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 7,633 | 1:2,243 | 270 |
| Zimbabwe | 153 | 1:100,904 | 14,195 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kananji (193) may also be a first name.
Kananji Demographics
Average Kananji Salary in
South Africa
R 8,940
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kananji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kananji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kananji (Hindi: कानांजी, Marathi: कानंजी) is found most in Malawi. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kananji? popularity and diffusion
It is the 64,101st most commonly held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 933,224 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kananji reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kananji is also the 653,740th most common first name world-wide, held by 193 people.
The surname Kananji is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 7,633 people, or 1 in 2,243. Besides Malawi Kananji occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.
Kananji Last Name Statistics demography
Kananji earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 96.24% less than the national average, earning R 8,940 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kananji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kananji in the Hindi language | ||
| कानांजी | kananji | - |
| Kananji in the Marathi language | ||
| कानंजी | kananji | 75 |
| कानानी | kanani | 25 |
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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 Kananji
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