Kanap Surname
Approximately 990 people bear this surname
Kanap Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 722 | 1:1,062,417 | 44,082 |
| Indonesia | 81 | 1:1,632,706 | 107,418 |
| Turkey | 66 | 1:1,179,112 | 50,375 |
| Papua New Guinea | 64 | 1:127,402 | 17,396 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Brazil | 20 | 1:10,703,717 | 220,519 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Kañap (11) are calculated separately.
Kanap (344) may also be a first name.
Kanap Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanap Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanap (Hindi: कनप, Marathi: कनप, Oriya: କାନପ, Russian: Канап) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Kañap. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanap? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 364,583rd most prevalent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 7,361,157 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 87 percent of Kanap reside; 73 percent reside in South Asia and 72 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 470,492nd most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 344 people.
The surname Kanap is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 722 people, or 1 in 1,062,417. In India Kanap is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 84 percent live, Gujarat, where 14 percent live and Goa, where 1 percent live. Excluding India this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 8 percent live and Turkey, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanap Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanap in the Oriya language | ||
| କାନପ | kanapa | - |
| Kanap in the Marathi language | ||
| कनप | kanapa | 88.17 |
| कानप | kanapa | 5.81 |
| कणप | kanapa | 3.32 |
| कांत | kanta | 0.41 |
| कानाप | kanapa | 0.41 |
| कनाप | kanapa | 0.21 |
| कन | kana | 0.21 |
| Kanap in the Hindi language | ||
| कनप | kanapa | 66.67 |
| कनाप | kanapa | 33.33 |
| Kanap in the Russian language | ||
| Канап | kanap | - |
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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 Kanap
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