Kanjar Surname
Approximately 2,421 people bear this surname
Kanjar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,290 | 1:334,963 | 18,466 |
| Afghanistan | 77 | 1:417,574 | 5,731 |
| Indonesia | 32 | 1:4,132,787 | 209,071 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kanjar (323) may also be a first name.
Kanjar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanjar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanjar (Hindi: कंजर, Marathi: कंजर) is found most in India. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Kanjar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanjar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 176,728th most widespread surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,010,139 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kanjar live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 95 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 488,148th most common first name internationally It is held by 323 people.
It is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 2,290 people, or 1 in 334,963. In India Kanjar is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 41 percent are found, Bihar, where 34 percent are found and Rajasthan, where 14 percent are found. Besides India this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 3 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanjar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanjar in the Hindi language | ||
| कंजर | kanjara | 87.91 |
| कन्जर | kanjara | 8.17 |
| कांजरा | kanjara | 2.29 |
| कंजरा | kanjara | 0.65 |
| कांजर | kanjara | 0.65 |
| कंजार | kanjara | 0.33 |
| Kanjar in the Marathi language | ||
| कंजर | kanjara | 48.68 |
| कांजर | kanjara | 26.5 |
| कन्जर | kanjara | 16.46 |
| कंजार | kanjara | 4.18 |
| कनजार | kanajara | 1.26 |
| केजार | kejara | 0.28 |
| कंजाल | kanjala | 0.28 |
| अनवर | anavara | 0.14 |
| कजंर | kajanra | 0.14 |
| अकबर | akabara | 0.14 |
| काजर | kajara | 0.14 |
| कंजारा | kanjara | 0.14 |
| अन्वर | anvara | 0.14 |
| कांजार | kanjara | 0.14 |
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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 Kanjar
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