Kanja Surname
Approximately 9,549 people bear this surname
Kanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 6,522 | 1:7,081 | 943 |
| Tanzania | 1,306 | 1:40,537 | 4,634 |
| Zambia | 550 | 1:28,818 | 2,987 |
| India | 294 | 1:2,609,066 | 82,085 |
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| Serbia | 122 | 1:58,565 | 5,490 |
| Papua New Guinea | 121 | 1:67,386 | 8,792 |
| United States | 86 | 1:4,214,639 | 225,501 |
| Indonesia | 81 | 1:1,632,706 | 107,418 |
| Germany | 68 | 1:1,183,904 | 77,258 |
| Thailand | 32 | 1:2,207,448 | 250,768 |
| Uganda | 24 | 1:1,626,637 | 57,482 |
| Malaysia | 22 | 1:1,340,647 | 57,034 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| Croatia | 19 | 1:222,558 | 25,345 |
| Taiwan | 18 | 1:1,302,486 | 8,817 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Kanja (2,250) may also be a first name.
Kanja Demographics
Kanja Political Affiliation
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Kanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanja (Bengali: কৈঞ্জা, Hindi: कंजा, Marathi: कांजा, Oriya: କର) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanja? popularity and diffusion
Kanja is the 53,471st most frequent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 763,174 people. Kanja occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Kanja live; 82 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kanja is also the 157,481st most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 2,250 people.
The surname Kanja is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 6,522 people, or 1 in 7,081. In Kenya Kanja is most common in: Meru County, where 28 percent live, Nairobi County, where 16 percent live and Kiambu County, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this surname is found in 47 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 14 percent live and Zambia, where 6 percent live.
Kanja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (99%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Kanja last name are 30.98% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 84.21% registered to vote for the political party.
Kanja earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 45.42% more than the national average, earning $62,746 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanja in the Marathi language | ||
| कांजा | kanja | 96.15 |
| कान्जा | kanja | 2.56 |
| कंजा | kanja | 1.28 |
| Kanja in the Bengali language | ||
| কৈঞ্জা | kainja | 50 |
| কংজ | kanja | 50 |
| Kanja in the Hindi language | ||
| कंजा | kanja | 44.37 |
| कन्जा | kanja | 29.14 |
| कान्जा | kanja | 11.26 |
| कांजा | kanja | 11.26 |
| कनजा | kanaja | 3.31 |
| कनीज | kanija | 0.66 |
| Kanja in the Oriya language | ||
| କର | kara | 20 |
| ମାାି | maai | 10 |
| ପଧାନ | padhana | 10 |
| କଂଜା | kanja | 10 |
| ନୟନ | nayana | 10 |
| କଂଜ | kanja | 10 |
| କୁଂଜ | kunja | 10 |
| େସାେରନ | esaerana | 10 |
| କାା | kaa | 10 |
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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 Kanja
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