Kanonji Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kanonji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanonji Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Kanonji Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kanonji Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kanonji is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanonji? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,532,898th most prevalent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Kanonji occurs mostly in Africa, where 68 percent of Kanonji are found; 47 percent are found in Southern Africa and 47 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most common in Malawi, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 1,902,123. Excluding Malawi this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 21 percent reside and Lebanon, where 11 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 Kanonji
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