Kanaiah Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Kanaiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
Kanaiah (181) may also be a first name.
Kanaiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanaiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanaiah is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanaiah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,034,050th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Kanaiah live; 79 percent live in South Asia and 79 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 677,199th most common first name in the world, borne by 181 people.
This surname is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 40,371,862. In India Kanaiah is most prevalent in: Telangana, where 74 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 21 percent live. Beside India it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 13 percent live and Malaysia, where 8 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kanaiah
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