Kananta Surname
Approximately 141 people bear this surname
Kananta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 51 | 1:1,385,066 | 192,885 |
| India | 49 | 1:15,654,396 | 253,566 |
| Indonesia | 39 | 1:3,391,005 | 183,158 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kananta (580) may also be a first name.
Kananta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kananta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kananta (Hindi: कॅान्ता, Marathi: कानंता, Oriya: କାନ) is carried by more people in Thailand than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kananta? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,491,356th most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 51,684,723 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kananta reside; 64 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 36 percent reside in Tai-Asia. Kananta is also the 347,677th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 580 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Thailand, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 1,385,066. In Thailand it is most prevalent in: Lampang Province, where 94 percent live, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, where 2 percent live and Songkhla Province, where 2 percent live. Not including Thailand this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 35 percent live and Indonesia, where 28 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kananta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kananta in the Marathi language | ||
| कानंता | kananta | 75 |
| कनंता | kananta | 25 |
| Kananta in the Oriya language | ||
| କାନ | kana | 66.67 |
| କନ | kana | 33.33 |
| Kananta in the Hindi language | ||
| कॅान्ता | keanta | 33.33 |
| कानन्ता | kananta | 33.33 |
| कांन्ता | kannta | 33.33 |
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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 Kananta
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