Kanang Surname

64,238th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,791 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Kanang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia6,9341:19,0732,319
Malaysia2951:99,9806,858
Cameroon1051:197,80120,464
Thailand1051:672,746112,498
Nigeria981:1,807,57965,389
Papua New Guinea671:121,69716,585
Philippines661:1,533,912105,821
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
South Africa561:967,45960,627
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Kanang (4,044) may also be a first name.

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

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kanang in the Bengali language
কানঙ্গkananga66.67
কানাংkanam33.33
Kanang in the Arabic language
كاننغkanngh-

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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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