Kanakh Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Kanakh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Kanakh (15) may also be a first name.
Kanakh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanakh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanakh (Hindi: कनख, Russian: Канах) occurs most in Kazakhstan. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kanakh.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanakh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,391,485th most common surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 54 percent of Kanakh live; 31 percent live in Central Asia and 31 percent live in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 15 people.
The last name Kanakh is most widely held in Kazakhstan, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 4,420,624. In Kazakhstan Kanakh is most prevalent in: Almaty, where 100 percent reside. Barring Kazakhstan Kanakh occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 15 percent reside and Greece, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanakh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanakh in the Hindi language | ||
| कनख | kanakha | - |
| Kanakh in the Russian language | ||
| Канах | kanah | - |
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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 Kanakh
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