Kanej Surname
Approximately 414 people bear this surname
Kanej Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 405 | 1:1,893,989 | 66,120 |
| Marshall Islands | 8 | 1:6,478 | 1,058 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Kanej (246) may also be a first name.
Kanej Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanej Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanej (Hindi: कनेज, Marathi: कनेज) occurs most in India. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kanej click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanej? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 708,658th most common surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 17,602,768 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Kanej are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 569,299th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 246 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 405 people, or 1 in 1,893,989. In India Kanej is mostly found in: Gujarat, where 100 percent are found. Aside from India it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The Marshall Islands, where 2 percent are found and China, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanej Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanej in the Hindi language | ||
| कनेज | kaneja | 80 |
| कनीज | kanija | 6.67 |
| कानेज | kaneja | 6.67 |
| कानिज | kanija | 6.67 |
| Kanej in the Marathi language | ||
| कनेज | kaneja | 80 |
| कानेज | kaneja | 20 |
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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 Kanej
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