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 can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanahu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 429,827th most frequently used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 9,086,716 people. This surname is mostly found 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 frequently occurring given name internationally It is held by 122 people.
The surname Kanahu is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 794 people, or 1 in 93,047. Excluding The DR Congo it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 0 percent live and Zambia, where 0 percent live.
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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