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
The surname Kanjar (Hindi: कंजर, Marathi: कंजर) is most common in India. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kanjar.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanjar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 176,728th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 3,010,139 people. The surname Kanjar 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 widespread first name globally It is held by 323 people.
This surname is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 2,290 people, or 1 in 334,963. In India it is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 41 percent reside, Bihar, where 34 percent reside and Rajasthan, where 14 percent reside. Beside India this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 3 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.
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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