Kisanji Surname

660,498th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 455 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kisanji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kisanji Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2581:205,20017,429
Kenya1091:423,66923,058
DR Congo821:900,97060,382
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
England11:55,718,059489,080
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Kisanji (523) may also be a first name.

Kisanji Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kisanji (Marathi: िकसनजी) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kisanji click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kisanji? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kisanji is the 660,498th most frequent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 16,016,584 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kisanji reside; 81 percent reside in East Africa and 61 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kisanji is also the 369,131st most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 523 people.

The surname Kisanji is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 258 people, or 1 in 205,200. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 53 percent reside, Pwani Region, where 24 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 24 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 18 percent reside.

Kisanji Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Kisanji last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kisanji Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kisanji in the Marathi language
िकसनजीikasanaji98.59
िकसनाजीikasanaji0.39
िकसानजीikasanaji0.26
िकसंजीikasanji0.26
कीसनजीkisanaji0.13
िकसनिजikasanija0.13
िकसणजीikasanaji0.06
कसनजीkasanaji0.06
सनजीsanaji0.06

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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 Kisanji
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