Kanah Surname
Approximately 3,177 people bear this surname
Kanah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 2,719 | 1:48,639 | 5,465 |
| Liberia | 95 | 1:46,406 | 4,181 |
| Cameroon | 64 | 1:324,517 | 29,689 |
| Israel | 64 | 1:133,713 | 14,383 |
| Papua New Guinea | 45 | 1:181,194 | 25,163 |
| Pakistan | 33 | 1:5,413,451 | 34,034 |
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Philippines | 20 | 1:5,061,911 | 170,869 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Italy | 17 | 1:3,597,452 | 102,597 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Kanah (13,066) may also be a first name.
Kanah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanah (Arabic: كانه, Hindi: कानहा, Marathi: कानह) is found most in Indonesia. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kanah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kanah is the 140,486th most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,293,845 people. The last name Kanah is mostly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Kanah live; 87 percent live in Southeast Asia and 87 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kanah is also the 51,108th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 13,066 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is held by 2,719 people, or 1 in 48,639. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: East Java, where 29 percent live, West Java, where 24 percent live and Central Java, where 23 percent live. Barring Indonesia it is found in 29 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 3 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
Kanah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kanah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kanah last name increased 120 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanah in the Marathi language | ||
| कानह | kanaha | 66.67 |
| कनह | kanaha | 33.33 |
| Kanah in the Hindi language | ||
| कानहा | kanaha | 60 |
| कानह | kanaha | 10 |
| कनह | kanaha | 10 |
| कान्हा | kanha | 10 |
| कानाह | kanaha | 10 |
| Kanah in the Arabic language | ||
| كانه | kanh | - |
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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 Kanah
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