Kanija Surname
Approximately 337 people bear this surname
Kanija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 216 | 1:3,551,229 | 100,445 |
| Afghanistan | 107 | 1:300,497 | 4,774 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Kanija (24,367) may also be a first name.
Kanija Demographics
Average Kanija Salary in
United States
$48,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kanija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanija Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanija (Bengali: কনিজা, Hindi: कनीजा, Marathi: कनीजा, Oriya: କନିଜା) occurs most in India. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanija? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 823,466th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 21,624,765 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Kanija live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 64 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 32,641st most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 24,367 people.
The last name is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 216 people, or 1 in 3,551,229. In India it is mostly found in: Bihar, where 50 percent live, Maharashtra, where 19 percent live and Jharkhand, where 9 percent live. Barring India this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 32 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Kanija Last Name Statistics demography
Kanija earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanija Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanija in the Bengali language | ||
| কনিজা | kanija | 97.56 |
| কঁইজা | kamija | 2.44 |
| Kanija in the Hindi language | ||
| कनीजा | kanija | 91.66 |
| कनिजा | kanija | 7.74 |
| कानिजा | kanija | 0.3 |
| कानीजा | kanija | 0.15 |
| कनीज | kanija | 0.07 |
| काणीजा | kanija | 0.03 |
| कनीज़ा | kaniza | 0.03 |
| कनीजा़ | kanija | 0.01 |
| Kanija in the Oriya language | ||
| କନିଜା | kanija | 81.44 |
| କନିଯା | kaniya | 13.4 |
| କାନିଜା | kanija | 2.06 |
| କନିଜ | kanija | 1.03 |
| କନୀଜା | kanija | 0.69 |
| କାଣିଜା | kanija | 0.69 |
| କନୀଯା | kaniya | 0.34 |
| ପରିଡା | parida | 0.34 |
| Kanija in the Marathi language | ||
| कनीजा | kanija | 80.69 |
| कािनजा | kainaja | 8.47 |
| कानीजा | kanija | 5.03 |
| खानम | khanama | 0.79 |
| कनीजाबी | kanijabi | 0.53 |
| कनीज | kanija | 0.53 |
| कणीजा | kanija | 0.26 |
| कानीगा | kaniga | 0.26 |
| काजनी | kajani | 0.26 |
| कांनीजा | kannija | 0.26 |
| कनेज | kaneja | 0.26 |
| कानीज | kanija | 0.26 |
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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 Kanija
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