Kanjanja Surname
Approximately 921 people bear this surname
Kanjanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 778 | 1:68,048 | 7,178 |
| Zambia | 116 | 1:136,637 | 10,044 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kanjanja (16) may also be a first name.
Kanjanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanjanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanjanja has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanjanja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 385,671st most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 7,912,645 people. The last name Kanjanja is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanjanja are found; 85 percent are found in East Africa and 85 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kanjanja is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 16 people.
This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 778 people, or 1 in 68,048. In Tanzania Kanjanja is most common in: Mbeya Region, where 44 percent are found, Rukwa Region, where 26 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 23 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 13 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kandjandja | 89 | 48 | / |
| Khanjanjad | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kanjonja | 88 | 117 | / |
| Kanjanji | 88 | 76 | / |
| Canjanja | 88 | 9 | / |
| Kanjanya | 88 | 5 | / |
| Kanjania | 88 | 2 | / |
| Konjanja | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kanjanza | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kanjansa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kaenjanya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kamjanjai | 82 | 1 | / |
| Khanjanzad | 78 | 8 | / |
| Kanyanya | 75 | 1,816 | / |
| Kanyanji | 75 | 397 | / |
| Kanianji | 75 | 349 | / |
| Kanzanza | 75 | 174 | / |
| Kanyanje | 75 | 149 | / |
| Kanyanza | 75 | 145 | / |
| Kanyanha | 75 | 92 | / |
| Kansansa | 75 | 71 | / |
| Kaniania | 75 | 48 | / |
| Kansanya | 75 | 21 | / |
| Kanyansa | 75 | 8 | / |
| Kanjange | 75 | 7 | / |
| Kanjonjo | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kanyania | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kanyonja | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanianca | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanhansa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kansanza | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanyanjo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Canjanjo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanhainya | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kanyansha | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kanyaanya | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kanyancha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanjaunzo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamnyanza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khanyanha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanyanjje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanyanjye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamnyanya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanyanjui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanyansai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khanjanso | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khamjansa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kansanchai | 67 | 398 | / |
| Kandjondjo | 67 | 21 | / |
| Kansanyhay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanshansha | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kanjanja
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