Kanjela Surname
Approximately 387 people bear this surname
Kanjela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 365 | 1:43,424 | 4,233 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kanjela (13) may also be a first name.
Kanjela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanjela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanjela has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanjela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 744,013th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 18,830,868 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Kanjela live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kanjela is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 13 people.
It is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is carried by 365 people, or 1 in 43,424. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Muchinga Province, where 32 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 24 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 22 percent reside. Other than Zambia this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Kanjela
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