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 found in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kananai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,944,094th most widespread surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name Kananai is mostly found in Asia, where 82 percent of Kananai reside; 59 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 59 percent reside in Tai-Asia.
The surname is most numerous in Thailand, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 2,716,859. In Thailand it is primarily found in: Chiang Mai Province, where 27 percent are found, Bangkok, where 23 percent are found and Nonthaburi Province, where 15 percent are found. Barring Thailand this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 18 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent are found.
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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