Kanahai Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Kanahai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kanahai (762) may also be a first name.
Kanahai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanahai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanahai (Hindi: कनहई, Marathi: कहैया, Oriya: କାନହାଇ) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanahai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanahai is the 5,587,209th most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Kanahai live; 42 percent live in South Asia and 42 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Kanahai is also the 297,476th most commonly occurring forename on earth, borne by 762 people.
The surname Kanahai is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 153,413,076. In India it is most common in: Chhattisgarh, where 60 percent live, Delhi, where 20 percent live and Gujarat, where 20 percent live. Other than India this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Guyana, where 25 percent live and Canada, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanahai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanahai in the Oriya language | ||
| କାନହାଇ | kanaha'i | - |
| Kanahai in the Hindi language | ||
| कनहई | kanaha'i | 83.23 |
| कनहइ | kanaha'i | 9.32 |
| कनहाई | kanaha'i | 3.11 |
| कन्हई | kanha'i | 2.48 |
| कनहाइ | kanaha'i | 0.62 |
| कन्हर्इ | kanhar'i | 0.62 |
| कन्न्हैया | kannhaiya | 0.62 |
| Kanahai in the Marathi language | ||
| कहैया | kahaiya | 50 |
| कनहई | kanaha'i | 50 |
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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 Kanahai
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