Kanju Surname
Approximately 2,940 people bear this surname
Kanju Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,052 | 1:25,800 | 3,145 |
| Pakistan | 587 | 1:304,334 | 6,355 |
| India | 144 | 1:5,326,843 | 130,588 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 41 | 1:33,268 | 3,344 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Kanju (3,566) may also be a first name.
Kanju Demographics
Kanju Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kanju Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanju Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanju (Arabic: كانجو, Bengali: কঞ্জু, Hindi: कन्जू, Marathi: कंजू, Oriya: କାଂଜୁ, Tibetan: བཀའ་འགྱུར།) is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kanju.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanju? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanju is the 150,120th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,478,757 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Kanju live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kanju is also the 118,616th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 3,566 people.
The surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 2,052 people, or 1 in 25,800. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Tanga Region, where 67 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 21 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 6 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this surname exists in 20 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 20 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
Kanju Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Kanju last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Kanju earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.71% more than the national average, earning R 312,984 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanju Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanju in the Tibetan language | ||
| བཀའ་འགྱུར། | kagyur | - |
| Kanju in the Bengali language | ||
| কঞ্জু | kanju | - |
| Kanju in the Oriya language | ||
| କାଂଜୁ | kanju | - |
| Kanju in the Marathi language | ||
| कंजू | kanju | 43.75 |
| कंजु | kanju | 39.58 |
| कांजु | kanju | 10.42 |
| कन्जू | kanju | 4.17 |
| कांजू | kanju | 2.08 |
| Kanju in the Hindi language | ||
| कन्जू | kanju | 36.68 |
| कंजू | kanju | 29.65 |
| कंजु | kanju | 14.07 |
| कन्जु | kanju | 8.04 |
| कांजु | kanju | 3.52 |
| कान्जु | kanju | 3.02 |
| कांजू | kanju | 3.02 |
| कान्जू | kanju | 1.51 |
| कनजू | kanaju | 0.5 |
| Kanju in the Arabic language | ||
| كانجو | kanjw | - |
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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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- 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 Kanju
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