Kanjiwa Surname
Approximately 767 people bear this surname
Kanjiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 732 | 1:23,387 | 3,582 |
| Zimbabwe | 31 | 1:498,008 | 41,116 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kanjiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanjiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanjiwa is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kanjiwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanjiwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kanjiwa is the 444,963rd most common family name internationally, held by around 1 in 9,501,364 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanjiwa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Malawi, where it is held by 732 people, or 1 in 23,387. Aside from Malawi this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanjiswa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kangiwa | 86 | 823 | / |
| Kanhiwa | 86 | 80 | / |
| Kanjiba | 86 | 78 | / |
| Kanjiva | 86 | 50 | / |
| Konjiwa | 86 | 40 | / |
| Kanyiwa | 86 | 23 | / |
| Kanziwa | 86 | 21 | / |
| Kansiwa | 86 | 4 | / |
| Kenjiwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kaniiwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kaniewa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Khonjiwa | 80 | 183 | / |
| Kanshiwa | 80 | 157 | / |
| Khaniiwa | 80 | 17 | / |
| Khanyiwa | 80 | 10 | / |
| Kanehiwa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Khangiwa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kanyiva | 71 | 1,475 | / |
| Kanieva | 71 | 605 | / |
| Kanyiwe | 71 | 161 | / |
| Kanjewe | 71 | 107 | / |
| Kanyiba | 71 | 100 | / |
| Kangiba | 71 | 28 | / |
| Kanyewa | 71 | 24 | / |
| Konjiwe | 71 | 13 | / |
| Kansiba | 71 | 10 | / |
| Kanzewa | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kangewa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Conjiwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kamgiwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Konciwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kangiva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaniiwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kansewa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanyiwi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanciva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kenjiva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Konziwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khanieva | 67 | 345 | / |
| Khanyiwe | 67 | 109 | / |
| Kamshiwa | 67 | 59 | / |
| Kaynieva | 67 | 28 | / |
| Kanzieva | 67 | 14 | / |
| Khonziwa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Kangieva | 67 | 11 | / |
| Kanchewa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kanjiboy | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kanjevad | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kangewad | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kannieva | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kondjewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanyejwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanyejwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kounjiba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khansiva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanyeswa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanyajua | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kanjiwa
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