Kaninji Surname

731,961st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 396 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kaninji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kaninji Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3631:203,52520,281
Zimbabwe231:671,22849,171
Zambia71:2,264,27533,397
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362

Kaninji Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kaninji Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kaninji is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kaninji.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaninji? popularity and diffusion

Kaninji is the 731,961st most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 18,402,894 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kaninji reside; 92 percent reside in Central Africa and 92 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

It is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 363 people, or 1 in 203,525. Barring The DR Congo this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent are found and Zambia, where 2 percent are found.

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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 Kaninji
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