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 more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kisanji? popularity and diffusion

It is the 660,498th most frequent last name globally, held by around 1 in 16,016,584 people. The surname Kisanji occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kisanji live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 61 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 369,131st most numerous given name in the world, held by 523 people.

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

Kisanji Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Kisanji surname 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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  • 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 Kisanji
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