Canai Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Canai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 55 | 1:13,946,643 | 236,652 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Saint Lucia | 13 | 1:13,752 | 1,221 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 6 | 1:18,396 | 2,503 |
| Cambodia | 5 | 1:3,097,429 | 8,690 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
The alternate forms: Cañai (17) are calculated separately.
Canai (210) may also be a first name.
Canai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Canai occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Cañai. For other potential spellings of Canai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Canai? popularity and diffusion
Canai is the 1,839,022nd most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. Canai is mostly found in Asia, where 76 percent of Canai reside; 54 percent reside in South Asia and 54 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 624,169th most commonly held given name on earth, held by 210 people.
The surname is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 13,946,643. In India Canai is primarily concentrated in: Gujarat, where 95 percent live and Tamil Nadu, where 5 percent live. Beside India it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 16 percent live and Saint Lucia, where 13 percent live.
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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 Canai
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