Kanjele Surname
Approximately 626 people bear this surname
Kanjele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 321 | 1:49,377 | 4,673 |
| Tanzania | 283 | 1:187,073 | 16,148 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Kanjele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanjele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanjele (Hindi: कंजेले) is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kanjele.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanjele? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 520,022nd most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 11,641,447 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kanjele live; 53 percent live in Southern Africa and 53 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Kanjele is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 321 people, or 1 in 49,377. In Zambia Kanjele is most common in: Lusaka Province, where 57 percent live, Eastern Province, where 12 percent live and North-Western Province, where 11 percent live. Outside of Zambia this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 45 percent live and Malawi, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanjele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanjele in the Hindi language | ||
| कंजेले | kanjele | - |
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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 Kanjele
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