Kanakai Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Kanakai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 86 | 1:51,262 | 4,572 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
Kanakai (86) may also be a first name.
Kanakai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanakai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanakai (Hindi: कनकाई, Marathi: कनकाई) is most common in Liberia. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanakai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,828,462nd most numerous surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Kanakai reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Kanakai is also the 1,032,266th most frequently held given name at a global level It is held by 86 people.
The surname is most common in Liberia, where it is borne by 86 people, or 1 in 51,262. In Liberia Kanakai is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 27 percent are found, Bong County, where 21 percent are found and Grand Cape Mount County, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Liberia Kanakai exists in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 10 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanakai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanakai in the Marathi language | ||
| कनकाई | kanaka'i | 85.71 |
| कनकई | kanaka'i | 14.29 |
| Kanakai in the Hindi language | ||
| कनकाई | kanaka'i | 73.33 |
| कनकई | kanaka'i | 26.67 |
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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 Kanakai
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