Kanjira Surname
Approximately 2,295 people bear this surname
Kanjira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,934 | 1:8,852 | 1,354 |
| DR Congo | 185 | 1:399,349 | 33,942 |
| Kenya | 58 | 1:796,205 | 31,724 |
| Zimbabwe | 56 | 1:275,683 | 28,626 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kanjira (86) may also be a first name.
Kanjira Demographics
Kanjira Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kanjira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanjira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanjira (Hindi: कंजीरा, Oriya: କିରା) occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanjira? popularity and diffusion
Kanjira is the 184,776th most numerous last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,175,401 people. The last name Kanjira is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kanjira live; 87 percent live in Southern Africa and 87 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,032,266th most commonly occurring forename in the world It is held by 86 people.
It is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,934 people, or 1 in 8,852. Other than Malawi this surname exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found and Kenya, where 3 percent are found.
Kanjira Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Kanjira earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 46.25% more than the national average, earning R 347,556 per year and in United States they earn 44.55% less than the national average, earning $23,925 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanjira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanjira in the Hindi language | ||
| कंजीरा | kanjira | - |
| Kanjira in the Oriya language | ||
| କିରା | kira | 50 |
| କହଁର | kahamra | 50 |
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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 Kanjira
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