Kanab Surname

2,580,327th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nepal
Highest density in:
Namibia

Kanab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nepal201:1,424,0487,048
India71:109,580,769786,157
Afghanistan61:5,358,86425,178
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Namibia51:481,88011,140
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Kanab (143) may also be a first name.

Kanab Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kanab Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kanab (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﺎﺏ, Hindi: कानब, Marathi: कनब, Oriya: କନବ) is most common in Nepal. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kanab.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanab? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,580,327th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 59 percent of Kanab reside; 59 percent reside in South Asia and 48 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Kanab is also the 772,378th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 143 people.

The surname Kanab is most widely held in Nepal, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 1,424,048. In Nepal Kanab is most prevalent in: Mechi, where 100 percent reside. Other than Nepal Kanab is found in 12 countries. It is also common in India, where 13 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 11 percent reside.

Kanab Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kanab has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kanab last name expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khanab9187/
Kannab9159/
Kanabh9110/
Kanaub914/
Kangab912/
Kaanab911/
Khangab8312/
Khanabh839/
Khanaab834/
Khannab832/
Khanabd831/
Kangnab831/
Kanap80990/
Qanab80291/
Canab80211/
Kaneb80182/
Konab8042/
Kenab804/
Kanob801/
Kanabová7711/
Kanabowa774/
Kanabova771/
Caynab73647/
Kaaneb73243/
Kanape73243/
Kangap73160/
Kannap73146/
Khanap73100/
Khenab7371/
Kainap7358/
Camnab7326/
Kanapp7313/
Qanhab736/
Khaneb735/
Canabh734/
Kanaph734/
Kanaup734/
Khanob733/
Kanapt732/
Kangob732/
Koneab732/
Kanaap731/
Khonab731/
Kanaps731/
Kamnap731/
Qaneab731/
Keenab731/
Kaneav731/
Konaib731/
Kanaiv731/
Kanapė731/
Kanuib731/
Kaenap731/
Kaineb731/
Kanheb731/
Kanneb731/
Khennab67192/
Kahanap67155/
Khanaph6746/
Khoonab6727/
Kannapp6713/
Kannape6710/
Khanoub676/
Khanapp675/
Kanappe675/
Khanape674/
Khannap674/
Khangob672/
Kannauv672/
Khaneeb672/
Khainap671/
Khanaap671/
Khatnap671/
Kainaiv671/
Khasnob671/
Khosnab671/
Kaingob671/
Kanaupe671/
Kannnap671/
Khamhab671/
Khanapf671/

Kanab Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kanab in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﻨﺎﺏknab-
Kanab in the Oriya language
କନବkanaba-
Kanab in the Marathi language
कनबkanaba-
Kanab in the Hindi language
कानबkanaba40
कनबkanaba40
कानाबाkanaba20

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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 Kanab
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