Kanaks Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Kanaks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
Kanaks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanaks Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanaks is found most frequently in India. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kanaks.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanaks? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,057,639th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Kanaks occurs predominantly in Asia, where 53 percent of Kanaks are found; 53 percent are found in South Asia and 53 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
The surname Kanaks is most numerous in India, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India it is primarily found in: Karnataka, where 63 percent reside and Tamil Nadu, where 38 percent reside. Excluding India Kanaks exists in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 47 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 Kanaks
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