Kanagar Surname

766,190th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 372 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Liberia

Kanagar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanagar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India3471:2,210,56373,512
Liberia91:489,83723,279
Pakistan71:25,520,55584,222
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

Kanagar (97) may also be a first name.

Kanagar Last Name Facts

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

Kanagar (Hindi: कानगर, Marathi: कनगर) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kanagar.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanagar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 766,190th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 19,590,177 people. Kanagar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Kanagar are found; 96 percent are found in South Asia and 94 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 962,660th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 97 people.

The last name is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 347 people, or 1 in 2,210,563. In India Kanagar is most numerous in: Karnataka, where 63 percent live, Gujarat, where 31 percent live and Haryana, where 3 percent live. Other than India Kanagar is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 2 percent live and Pakistan, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kanagar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kanagar in the Hindi language
कानगरkanagara81.82
कनगरkanagara15.15
कनगाराkanagara3.03
Kanagar in the Marathi language
कनगरkanagara62.5
कणगरkanagara12.5
कनगरेानेkanagareane12.5
कणगारkanagara12.5

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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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  • 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 Kanagar
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