Kanij Surname
Approximately 1,533 people bear this surname
Kanij Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 991 | 1:160,804 | 5,900 |
| India | 424 | 1:1,809,116 | 64,170 |
| Netherlands | 100 | 1:168,872 | 24,561 |
| Afghanistan | 13 | 1:2,473,322 | 16,278 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kanij (82,755) may also be a first name.
Kanij Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanij Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanij (Hindi: कनीज, Marathi: कानीज, Oriya: କନିଜ) occurs more in Bangladesh more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanij? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 257,026th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 4,753,781 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Kanij are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 65 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 12,019th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 82,755 people.
The last name Kanij is most widely held in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 991 people, or 1 in 160,804. Without taking into account Bangladesh it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in India, where 28 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanij Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanij in the Hindi language | ||
| कनीज | kanija | 94.77 |
| कनिज | kanija | 4.62 |
| कानिज | kanija | 0.35 |
| कानीज | kanija | 0.2 |
| कनीज़् | kaniz | 0 |
| कनीजा | kanija | 0 |
| कनिज़ | kaniza | 0 |
| कनीज़ | kaniza | 0 |
| ़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़कनीज | kanija | 0 |
| कनी़ज | kanija | 0 |
| हनीज | hanija | 0 |
| कंईज | kamija | 0 |
| कनीत | kanita | 0 |
| Kanij in the Oriya language | ||
| କନିଜ | kanija | 75.28 |
| କନିଜ୍ | kanij | 11.11 |
| କାନିଜ | kanija | 5.56 |
| କନିଯ | kaniya | 3.06 |
| କାନିଜ୍ | kanij | 1.94 |
| କନୀଜ | kanija | 1.11 |
| କନୀଯ | kaniya | 0.28 |
| କନୀଜ୍ | kanij | 0.28 |
| କାନିଯ | kaniya | 0.28 |
| କନିଜା | kanija | 0.28 |
| Kanij in the Marathi language | ||
| कानीज | kanija | 29.54 |
| खान | khana | 28.31 |
| कनीज | kanija | 20.92 |
| कनीजबानो | kanijabano | 11.38 |
| कािनज | kainaja | 4 |
| कनीज़ | kaniza | 0.92 |
| कणीज | kanija | 0.92 |
| अजीज | ajija | 0.62 |
| गणी | gani | 0.62 |
| काणीज | kanija | 0.31 |
| काजी | kaji | 0.31 |
| कनिज | kanija | 0.31 |
| कमीज | kamija | 0.31 |
| कन | kana | 0.31 |
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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 Kanij
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