Kanafan Surname
Approximately 171 people bear this surname
Kanafan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 160 | 1:119,950 | 4,692 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
Kanafan (40) may also be a first name.
Kanafan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanafan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanafan is most common in Niger. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Kanafan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanafan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanafan is the 1,315,412th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 42,617,228 people. The last name Kanafan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Kanafan reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Kanafan is also the 1,614,485th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 40 people.
This surname is most common in Niger, where it is held by 160 people, or 1 in 119,950. In Niger Kanafan is mostly concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 48 percent reside, Agadez Region, where 30 percent reside and Maradi Region, where 23 percent reside. Outside of Niger this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 4 percent reside and Thailand, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Kanafan
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