Channai Surname
Approximately 476 people bear this surname
Channai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 461 | 1:153,229 | 24,326 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
Channai (330) may also be a first name.
Channai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Channai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Channai (Hindi: चन्नई) occurs most in Thailand. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Channai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 639,219th most numerous family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 15,309,970 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Channai live; 97 percent live in Southeast Asia and 97 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 482,193rd most frequent given name internationally. It is borne by 330 people.
This surname is most common in Thailand, where it is carried by 461 people, or 1 in 153,229. In Thailand Channai is most common in: Chaiyaphum Province, where 41 percent are found, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, where 30 percent are found and Suphan Buri Province, where 10 percent are found. Not including Thailand this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Channai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Channai in the Hindi language | ||
| चन्नई | canna'i | 50 |
| चन्णाई | canna'i | 50 |
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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 Channai
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