Kanadan Surname

133,489th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,377 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Kanadan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanadan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan3,3341:53,5822,147
India401:19,176,635286,670
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765

Kanadan (14,396) may also be a first name.

Kanadan Last Name Facts

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

Kanadan (Hindi: कानदान, Marathi: नाडार, Oriya: କାନଦନ) occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kanadan.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanadan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 133,489th most common last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 2,157,994 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kanadan are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 47,713th most frequently held first name globally, held by 14,396 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 3,334 people, or 1 in 53,582. In Pakistan it is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 100 percent live. Beside Pakistan this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent live and Malaysia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kanadan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kanadan in the Oriya language
କାନଦନkanadana-
Kanadan in the Hindi language
कानदानkanadana96.21
कानडानkanadana2.27
कानादानkanadana0.76
कनडनkanadana0.76
Kanadan in the Marathi language
नाडारnadara33.33
कनदनkanadana33.33
कंदनkandana33.33

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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 Kanadan
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