Kanjala Surname
Approximately 2,404 people bear this surname
Kanjala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,934 | 1:8,852 | 1,354 |
| Zambia | 176 | 1:90,056 | 7,444 |
| Papua New Guinea | 88 | 1:92,656 | 12,367 |
| Zimbabwe | 88 | 1:175,435 | 21,257 |
| India | 48 | 1:15,980,529 | 256,885 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kanjala (52) may also be a first name.
Kanjala Demographics
Average Kanjala Salary in
United States
$31,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kanjala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanjala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanjala (Bengali: কঞ্জলা, Hindi: कंजला, Marathi: कांजला, Oriya: କାଲା) occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanjala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 177,824th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,031,425 people. The last name Kanjala occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Kanjala live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,381,723rd most widespread given name worldwide, held by 52 people.
The surname Kanjala is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is held by 1,934 people, or 1 in 8,852. Besides Malawi this last name occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 7 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside.
Kanjala Last Name Statistics demography
Kanjala earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26.71% less than the national average, earning $31,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanjala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanjala in the Bengali language | ||
| কঞ্জলা | kanjala | - |
| Kanjala in the Hindi language | ||
| कंजला | kanjala | - |
| Kanjala in the Oriya language | ||
| କାଲା | kala | - |
| Kanjala in the Marathi language | ||
| कांजला | kanjala | 50 |
| कंजला | kanjala | 50 |
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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 Kanjala
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