Kananai Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Kananai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 26 | 1:2,716,859 | 279,944 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
Kananai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kananai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kananai (Marathi: कानांनी) is held by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kananai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,944,094th most numerous last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 82 percent of Kananai reside; 59 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 59 percent reside in Tai-Asia.
The last name is most commonly held in Thailand, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 2,716,859. In Thailand Kananai is most prevalent in: Chiang Mai Province, where 27 percent reside, Bangkok, where 23 percent reside and Nonthaburi Province, where 15 percent reside. Besides Thailand Kananai exists in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 18 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kananai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kananai in the Marathi language | ||
| कानांनी | kananni | - |
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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 Kananai
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