Kananata Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Niger

Kananata Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kananata Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria441:4,025,972113,480
Niger131:1,476,30930,154
India121:63,922,115578,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kananata (148) may also be a first name.

Kananata Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kananata is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kananata? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kananata is the 2,273,756th most frequent family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 81 percent of Kananata reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 757,758th most frequently occurring forename on earth It is held by 148 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 4,025,972. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Nasarawa, where 57 percent reside and Kano, where 43 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 19 percent reside and India, where 17 percent reside.

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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 Kananata
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