Kaneja Surname
Approximately 208 people bear this surname
Kaneja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 145 | 1:365,115 | 26,840 |
| India | 45 | 1:17,045,897 | 267,282 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Afghanistan | 8 | 1:4,019,148 | 21,487 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Kaneja (1,087) may also be a first name.
Kaneja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaneja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kaneja (Hindi: कनेजा, Marathi: कानेजा, Oriya: କେନଜା) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaneja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,152,132nd most common last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 35,036,278 people. Kaneja is mostly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Kaneja reside; 70 percent reside in East Africa and 70 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kaneja is also the 242,116th most widespread given name in the world. It is borne by 1,087 people.
This last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 145 people, or 1 in 365,115. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mwanza Region, where 50 percent are found, Mara Region, where 48 percent are found and Shinyanga Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 22 percent are found and Indonesia, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaneja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaneja in the Oriya language | ||
| କେନଜା | kenaja | - |
| Kaneja in the Hindi language | ||
| कनेजा | kaneja | 95.16 |
| कनीजा | kanija | 3.23 |
| कानेजा | kaneja | 1.61 |
| Kaneja in the Marathi language | ||
| कानेजा | kaneja | 38.46 |
| कनेजा | kaneja | 38.46 |
| कानेजीया | kanejiya | 15.38 |
| केजर | kejara | 7.69 |
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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 Kaneja
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