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
The surname Kanah (Arabic: كانه, Hindi: कानहा, Marathi: कानह) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanah is the 140,486th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,293,845 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Kanah reside; 87 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 87 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 51,108th most frequently held given name in the world It is held by 13,066 people.
Kanah is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is held by 2,719 people, or 1 in 48,639. In Indonesia Kanah is mostly concentrated in: East Java, where 29 percent reside, West Java, where 24 percent reside and Central Java, where 23 percent reside. Excluding Indonesia Kanah exists in 29 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 3 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
Kanah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kanah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kanah surname grew 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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