Kaana Surname
Approximately 2,521 people bear this surname
Kaana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,164 | 1:152,184 | 9,633 |
| Uganda | 1,056 | 1:36,969 | 4,808 |
| India | 116 | 1:6,612,633 | 149,434 |
| Indonesia | 83 | 1:1,593,364 | 105,506 |
| Cameroon | 44 | 1:472,024 | 38,779 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Kaana (1,398) may also be a first name.
Kaana Demographics
Kaana Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Kaana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kaana (Hindi: कााना, Marathi: कंाना, Oriya: କଅନା) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaana? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 170,894th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 2,890,736 people. The surname Kaana is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Kaana live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 46 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 209,160th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,398 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,164 people, or 1 in 152,184. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Federal Capital Territory, where 42 percent reside, Borno, where 17 percent reside and Benue, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 17 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 42 percent reside and India, where 5 percent reside.
Kaana Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Muslim (89%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaana in the Oriya language | ||
| କଅନା | ka'ana | - |
| Kaana in the Marathi language | ||
| कंाना | kamana | - |
| Kaana in the Hindi language | ||
| कााना | kaana | 50 |
| करुणा | karuna | 25 |
| रुकशाना | rukasana | 25 |
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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 Kaana
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