Kanjal Surname
Approximately 313 people bear this surname
Kanjal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 152 | 1:1,165,413 | 47,471 |
| India | 123 | 1:6,236,304 | 144,239 |
| Pakistan | 16 | 1:11,165,243 | 51,703 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Kanjal (253) may also be a first name.
Kanjal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanjal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanjal (Hindi: कांजल, Marathi: कांजल) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanjal? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 866,642nd most common last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,282,894 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Kanjal reside; 49 percent reside in West Africa and 49 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kanjal is also the 560,146th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 253 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 152 people, or 1 in 1,165,413. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Cross River, where 95 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 3 percent reside and Enugu, where 1 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 39 percent reside and Pakistan, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanjal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanjal in the Hindi language | ||
| कांजल | kanjala | 67.65 |
| कंजल | kanjala | 14.71 |
| कॉजल | kojala | 8.82 |
| कन्जल | kanjala | 5.88 |
| काँजल | kamjala | 2.94 |
| Kanjal in the Marathi language | ||
| कांजल | kanjala | 40.48 |
| कंजाळ | kanjala | 38.1 |
| गुंजाळ | gunjala | 4.76 |
| कंजाल | kanjala | 4.76 |
| कंजल | kanjala | 4.76 |
| िंकजल | inkajala | 2.38 |
| कांजळ | kanjala | 2.38 |
| कजल | kajala | 2.38 |
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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 Kanjal
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