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 more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kanah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 140,486th most common family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 2,293,845 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Kanah are found; 87 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 87 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kanah is also the 51,108th most common first name at a global level, borne by 13,066 people.
It is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 2,719 people, or 1 in 48,639. In Indonesia Kanah is mostly concentrated in: East Java, where 29 percent live, West Java, where 24 percent live and Central Java, where 23 percent live. Barring Indonesia Kanah occurs in 29 countries. It is also found 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 share of the population with the 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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