Kanaf Surname
Approximately 1,645 people bear this surname
Kanaf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 1,082 | 1:24,423 | 2,459 |
| Indonesia | 455 | 1:290,658 | 25,966 |
| Iraq | 52 | 1:673,493 | 9,953 |
| Israel | 35 | 1:244,504 | 22,492 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kanaf (1,187) may also be a first name.
Kanaf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanaf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanaf (Marathi: कनफ) is more commonly found in Yemen than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanaf? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kanaf is the 242,620th most numerous surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 4,430,119 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kanaf are found; 71 percent are found in West Asia and 66 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 230,167th most widely held given name on earth It is held by 1,187 people.
The surname Kanaf is most common in Yemen, where it is borne by 1,082 people, or 1 in 24,423. In Yemen Kanaf is most frequent in: Al Jawf Governorate, where 30 percent are found, 'Amran Governorate, where 24 percent are found and Sa'dah Governorate, where 17 percent are found. Apart from Yemen it occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 28 percent are found and Iraq, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanaf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanaf in the Marathi language | ||
| कनफ | kanapha | 88.89 |
| कनप | kanapa | 11.11 |
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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 Kanaf
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