Kanapai Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Kanapai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Kanapai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanapai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanapai is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanapai? popularity and diffusion
Kanapai is the 5,057,639th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 73 percent of Kanapai are found; 73 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 67 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
The last name Kanapai is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Madang, where 90 percent are found and West Sepik, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 13 percent are found and India, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Kanapai
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