Kanapiah Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Brunei

Kanapiah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanapiah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia321:921,69541,854
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Kanapiah (52) may also be a first name.

Kanapiah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kanapiah occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Kanapiah click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanapiah? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kanapiah is the 3,373,373rd most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. Kanapiah is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Kanapiah live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 100 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,381,723rd most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 52 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 921,695. In Malaysia Kanapiah is most prevalent in: Kelantan, where 44 percent live, Selangor, where 19 percent live and Terengganu, where 16 percent live. Other than Malaysia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Brunei, where 3 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khanapiah9474/
Kanapia932,991/
Khanaphiah891/
Khhanapiah891/
Kenapiah887/
Khanapia881/
Canapia80535/
Kanapya8011/
Kenapia801/
Canapias751/
Canaphia750/
Khonopiah7110/
Canopia6730/
Kenopia6710/
Conapia677/
Konopia672/
Canapya671/
Canapio671/
Canapea671/
Canoppia6332/
Canopio5333/
Conapio531/
Conopia530/

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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 Kanapiah
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