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
The surname Kanjai (Hindi: कंजई, Oriya: କଂଜାଇ) is found most frequently in Thailand. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanjai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,133,308th most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 34,213,831 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Kanjai are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 89 percent are found in Tai-Asia. It is also the 1,448,253rd most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 48 people.
The surname Kanjai is most widely held in Thailand, where it is held by 189 people, or 1 in 373,748. In Thailand it is most common in: Chiang Rai Province, where 44 percent live, Lampang Province, where 17 percent live and Bangkok, where 13 percent live. Outside of Thailand Kanjai occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 8 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
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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