Kanapathy Surname

259,764th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,513 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Wallis and Futuna

Kanapathy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanapathy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka6581:31,6243,961
Malaysia5521:53,4324,142
Singapore511:107,9944,447
United Arab Emirates421:218,14914,475
England401:1,392,95161,553
United States321:11,326,842445,236
India291:26,450,530346,896
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Wallis and Futuna11:13,610185
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432

Kanapathy (869) may also be a first name.

Kanapathy Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kanapathy Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kanapathy is found most in Sri Lanka. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kanapathy click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanapathy? popularity and diffusion

It is the 259,764th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 4,816,620 people. Kanapathy is primarily found in Asia, where 90 percent of Kanapathy live; 45 percent live in South Asia and 45 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 276,035th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 869 people.

The surname is most widespread in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 658 people, or 1 in 31,624. Outside of Sri Lanka this last name exists in 24 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 36 percent are found and Singapore, where 3 percent are found.

Kanapathy Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Kanapathy earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 42.66% less than the national average, earning 198,459 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 467.58% more than the national average, earning R 1,348,780 per year; in United States they earn 8.38% less than the national average, earning $39,531 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.52% less than the national average, earning $49,426 CAD per year.

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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 Kanapathy
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