Kanjah Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Kanjah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kanjah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanjah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanjah occurs most in Malaysia. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanjah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,882,373rd most frequent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 62 percent of Kanjah are found; 62 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 62 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
This last name is most widespread in Malaysia, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 1,843,389. In Malaysia Kanjah is mostly concentrated in: Sarawak, where 56 percent live, Negeri Sembilan, where 38 percent live and Pahang, where 6 percent live. Beside Malaysia Kanjah is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 19 percent live and Australia, where 4 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
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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 Kanjah
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