Kanagan Surname

649,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 466 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Kanagan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanagan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan3821:467,6548,286
South Africa601:902,96258,308
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
India51:153,413,076951,030
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Kanagan (59) may also be a first name.

Kanagan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kanagan (Marathi: कानगान) has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanagan? popularity and diffusion

Kanagan is the 649,026th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,638,511 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 86 percent of Kanagan live; 83 percent live in South Asia and 82 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Kanagan is also the 1,282,666th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 59 people.

This surname is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 382 people, or 1 in 467,654. In Pakistan it is mostly found in: Punjab, where 100 percent reside. Barring Pakistan this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 13 percent reside and The Philippines, where 2 percent reside.

Kanagan Last Name Statistics demography

Kanagan earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.17% more than the national average, earning R 371,112 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kanagan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kanagan in the Marathi language
कानगानkanagana50
कनगनkanagana50

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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 Kanagan
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