Kanamai Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Kanamai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Kanamai (32) may also be a first name.
Kanamai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanamai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanamai has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanamai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanamai is the 3,141,416th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Kanamai reside; 97 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 95 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 32 people.
The last name Kanamai is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 220,371. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Madang, where 32 percent live, Morobe, where 24 percent live and Bougainville, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 3 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 3 percent live.
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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 Kanamai
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