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
The last name Kanjala (Bengali: কঞ্জলা, Hindi: कंजला, Marathi: कांजला, Oriya: କାଲା) has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanjala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 177,824th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,031,425 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Kanjala reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 92 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kanjala is also the 1,381,723rd most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 52 people.
This surname is most widely held in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,934 people, or 1 in 8,852. Without taking into account Malawi it exists 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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