Kanaila Surname
Approximately 9,967 people bear this surname
Kanaila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 9,912 | 1:7,454 | 918 |
| Zambia | 55 | 1:288,180 | 16,490 |
Kanaila (1,250) may also be a first name.
Kanaila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanaila Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanaila is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanaila? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanaila is the 51,427th most frequently held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 731,167 people. The last name Kanaila occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanaila reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kanaila is also the 223,351st most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 1,250 people.
The last name Kanaila is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 9,912 people, or 1 in 7,454. Excluding The DR Congo it exists in one country. It also occurs in Zambia, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Kanaila
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