Kanjai Surname
Approximately 213 people bear this surname
Kanjai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 189 | 1:373,748 | 65,615 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Kanjai (48) may also be a first name.
Kanjai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanjai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanjai (Hindi: कंजई, Oriya: କଂଜାଇ) is carried by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanjai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kanjai is the 1,133,308th most common surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,213,831 people. The surname Kanjai occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kanjai live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 89 percent live in Tai-Asia. Kanjai is also the 1,448,253rd most frequent forename world-wide, held by 48 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Thailand, where it is borne by 189 people, or 1 in 373,748. In Thailand it is most prevalent in: Chiang Rai Province, where 44 percent reside, Lampang Province, where 17 percent reside and Bangkok, where 13 percent reside. Not including Thailand this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 8 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanjai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanjai in the Hindi language | ||
| कंजई | kanja'i | - |
| Kanjai in the Oriya language | ||
| କଂଜାଇ | kanja'i | - |
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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 Kanjai
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