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
The surname Kaana (Hindi: कााना, Marathi: कंाना, Oriya: କଅନା) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 170,894th most numerous surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 2,890,736 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Kaana reside; 48 percent reside in West Africa and 46 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 209,160th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 1,398 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,164 people, or 1 in 152,184. In Nigeria Kaana is most frequent in: Federal Capital Territory, where 42 percent are found, Borno, where 17 percent are found and Benue, where 10 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 42 percent are found and India, where 5 percent are found.
Kaana Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kaana last name is primarily 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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