Kanahu Surname
Approximately 802 people bear this surname
Kanahu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 794 | 1:93,047 | 10,554 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kanahu (122) may also be a first name.
Kanahu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanahu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanahu (Marathi: कानहु, Oriya: କାହନ୍ୁ) occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanahu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 429,827th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 9,086,716 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanahu are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kanahu is also the 844,248th most common first name worldwide, held by 122 people.
The surname is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is held by 794 people, or 1 in 93,047. Aside from The DR Congo it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 0 percent reside and Zambia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanahu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanahu in the Marathi language | ||
| कानहु | kanahu | 90.38 |
| कानहू | kanahu | 5.77 |
| कनहु | kanahu | 1.92 |
| कान्हू | kanhu | 1.92 |
| Kanahu in the Oriya language | ||
| କାହନ୍ୁ | kahanu | 50 |
| କାନହୁ | kanahu | 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 Kanahu
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