Kanižaj Surname
Approximately 807 people bear this surname
Kanižaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 798 | 1:5,299 | 704 |
| Slovenia | 6 | 1:414,612 | 18,975 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Kanizaj (72) are calculated separately.
Kanižaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanižaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanižaj occurs in Croatia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Kanizaj. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanižaj? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 427,840th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,030,416 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kanižaj are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
The surname is most numerous in Croatia, where it is carried by 798 people, or 1 in 5,299. In Croatia Kanižaj is mostly found in: Međimurje County, where 30 percent live, City of Zagreb, where 29 percent live and Varaždin County, where 14 percent live. Barring Croatia this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Slovenia, where 1 percent live and Czechia, where 0 percent live.
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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 Kanižaj
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