Kanais Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Kanais Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kanais (27) may also be a first name.
Kanais Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanais Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanais is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kanais.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanais? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Kanais is primarily found in Oceania, where 70 percent of Kanais are found; 70 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 70 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Kanais is also the 2,036,353rd most frequent first name internationally, borne by 27 people.
Kanais is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea Kanais is mostly concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 10 percent are found and Kenya, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Kanais
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