Kanafia Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Kanafia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1:2,526,071 | 102,287 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Kanafia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanafia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanafia (Russian: Канафиа) occurs in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanafia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,034,050th most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Kanafia are found; 67 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 67 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 2,949,422. In Malaysia it is most frequent in: Sabah, where 90 percent reside and Kuala Lumpur, where 10 percent reside. Beside Malaysia it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kazakhstan, where 29 percent reside and The Philippines, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanafia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanafia in the Russian language | ||
| Канафиа | kanafia | - |
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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 Kanafia
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