Kanaku Surname
Approximately 304 people bear this surname
Kanaku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 174 | 1:304,262 | 23,403 |
| Uganda | 70 | 1:557,704 | 30,541 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Kanaku (2,177) may also be a first name.
Kanaku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanaku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanaku (Hindi: कनकू, Marathi: कणकु, Oriya: କନକୁ, Russian: Канаку) occurs most in Tanzania. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kanaku click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanaku? popularity and diffusion
It is the 885,573rd most commonly used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 23,972,191 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Kanaku live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 160,665th most widely held first name internationally, held by 2,177 people.
The surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 174 people, or 1 in 304,262. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Kagera Region, where 95 percent live, Simiyu Region, where 2 percent live and Tabora Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 23 percent live and The DR Congo, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kainaku | 92 | 7 | / |
| Kanakou | 92 | 6 | / |
| Kangaku | 92 | 4 | / |
| Kanakuy | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kanakui | 92 | 1 | / |
| Khanaku | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kannaku | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kanakut | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kanaaku | 92 | 1 | / |
| Khanakhu | 86 | 22 | / |
| Kainakau | 86 | 4 | / |
| Gkanakou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kanakush | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kanhakui | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kaneku | 83 | 1,907 | / |
| Canaku | 83 | 29 | / |
| Konaku | 83 | 25 | / |
| Kanoku | 83 | 6 | / |
| Kenaku | 83 | 3 | / |
| Khanakhup | 80 | 191 | / |
| Kanakoe | 77 | 20 | / |
| Khonaku | 77 | 2 | / |
| Konasku | 77 | 1 | / |
| Konakou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kanacut | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kenakku | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kenhaku | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kounakou | 71 | 1,409 | / |
| Komnakou | 71 | 21 | / |
| Kanoukou | 71 | 18 | / |
| Kongakou | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kongnaku | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kanoekou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanokhuy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kuinakui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gkenakou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kongnakou | 67 | 420 | / |
| Canoku | 67 | 12 | / |
| Keneku | 67 | 7 | / |
| Canacu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kongnakhu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Konoku | 67 | 2 | / |
Kanaku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanaku in the Oriya language | ||
| କନକୁ | kanaku | - |
| Kanaku in the Hindi language | ||
| कनकू | kanaku | 69.01 |
| कनकु | kanaku | 25.35 |
| कानकू | kanaku | 2.82 |
| कणकु | kanaku | 1.41 |
| कनाकू | kanaku | 1.41 |
| Kanaku in the Marathi language | ||
| कणकु | kanaku | 60.71 |
| कणकू | kanaku | 25 |
| कानकु | kanaku | 14.29 |
| Kanaku in the Russian language | ||
| Канаку | kanaku | - |
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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 Kanaku
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