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
Kanij (Hindi: कनीज, Marathi: कानीज, Oriya: କନିଜ) is more frequently found in Bangladesh than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kanij click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanij? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kanij is the 257,026th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 4,753,781 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Kanij live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 65 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Kanij is also the 12,019th most frequently used forename internationally It is held by 82,755 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 991 people, or 1 in 160,804. Without taking into account Bangladesh this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in India, where 28 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 7 percent are found.
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
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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 Kanij
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