Kanang Surname
Approximately 7,791 people bear this surname
Kanang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 6,934 | 1:19,073 | 2,319 |
| Malaysia | 295 | 1:99,980 | 6,858 |
| Cameroon | 105 | 1:197,801 | 20,464 |
| Thailand | 105 | 1:672,746 | 112,498 |
| Nigeria | 98 | 1:1,807,579 | 65,389 |
| Papua New Guinea | 67 | 1:121,697 | 16,585 |
| Philippines | 66 | 1:1,533,912 | 105,821 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| South Africa | 56 | 1:967,459 | 60,627 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Kanang (4,044) may also be a first name.
Kanang Demographics
Average Kanang Salary in
South Africa
R 24,408
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kanang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanang (Arabic: كاننغ, Bengali: কানঙ্গ) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kanang click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanang? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 64,238th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 935,380 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Kanang live; 95 percent live in Southeast Asia and 93 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kanang is also the 109,674th most commonly occurring forename world-wide. It is borne by 4,044 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 6,934 people, or 1 in 19,073. In Indonesia Kanang is primarily concentrated in: South Sulawesi, where 94 percent are found, Southeast Sulawesi, where 1 percent are found and South Sumatra, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 4 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
Kanang Last Name Statistics demography
Kanang earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 89.73% less than the national average, earning R 24,408 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanang in the Bengali language | ||
| কানঙ্গ | kananga | 66.67 |
| কানাং | kanam | 33.33 |
| Kanang in the Arabic language | ||
| كاننغ | kanngh | - |
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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 Kanang
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