Kanamon Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kanamon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanamon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea1331:61,3067,931
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Guam11:160,1214,893
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Kanamon (69) may also be a first name.

Kanamon Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kanamon Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kanamon occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanamon? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,484,726th most prevalent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 94 percent of Kanamon are found; 94 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 94 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Kanamon is also the 1,171,416th most commonly occurring given name globally, held by 69 people.

The last name Kanamon is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 133 people, or 1 in 61,306. In Papua New Guinea Kanamon is primarily concentrated in: Manus, where 59 percent are found, National Capital District, where 17 percent are found and Western Highlands, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 4 percent are found and Guam, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Kanamon
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