Kaanam Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Kaanam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Kaanam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaanam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kaanam (Marathi: कानम) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaanam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kaanam is the 2,483,783rd most prevalent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. The surname Kaanam occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Kaanam live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria Kaanam is primarily found in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Kaanam occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 43 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaanam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaanam in the Marathi language | ||
| कानम | kanama | - |
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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 Kaanam
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