Kanara Surname
Approximately 1,353 people bear this surname
Kanara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 409 | 1:66,004 | 7,876 |
| India | 332 | 1:2,310,438 | 75,673 |
| Turkey | 125 | 1:622,571 | 33,138 |
| Indonesia | 68 | 1:1,944,841 | 122,869 |
| United States | 63 | 1:5,753,316 | 282,354 |
| Papua New Guinea | 59 | 1:138,199 | 19,012 |
| Greece | 51 | 1:217,251 | 33,995 |
| Burkina Faso | 47 | 1:390,470 | 6,130 |
| Liberia | 45 | 1:97,967 | 7,863 |
| New Zealand | 41 | 1:110,447 | 14,290 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Northern Cyprus | 33 | 1:9,667 | 2,436 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Kanarà (1) are calculated separately.
Kanara (269) may also be a first name.
Kanara Demographics
Average Kanara Salary in
United States
$48,278 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kanara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanara (Bengali: কানরা, Georgian: კანარა, Hindi: कनारा, Marathi: कनरा, Oriya: କଅଁର) is found most frequently in Australia. It may appear as a variant: Kanarà. For other possible spellings of Kanara click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanara? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 284,447th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 5,386,213 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 40 percent of Kanara are found; 33 percent are found in Australasia and 33 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand. Kanara is also the 542,091st most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 269 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Australia, where it is held by 409 people, or 1 in 66,004. In Australia it is primarily concentrated in: Victoria, where 98 percent reside, Western Australia, where 2 percent reside and Queensland, where 0 percent reside. Barring Australia this surname exists in 33 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent reside and Turkey, where 9 percent reside.
Kanara Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kanara has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kanara last name increased 3,150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kanara Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kanara surname are 46.98% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 93.75% registered with the party.
The amount Kanara earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 11.89% more than the national average, earning $48,278 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.16% less than the national average, earning $34,701 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanara in the Georgian language | ||
| კანარა | kanara | - |
| Kanara in the Bengali language | ||
| কানরা | kanara | - |
| Kanara in the Hindi language | ||
| कनारा | kanara | 64.29 |
| कनरा | kanara | 21.43 |
| कंआरा | kamara | 7.14 |
| कनार्अ | kanar'a | 7.14 |
| Kanara in the Oriya language | ||
| କଅଁର | ka'amra | 54.17 |
| କାନରା | kanara | 16.67 |
| କାନାରା | kanara | 12.5 |
| କନନ୍ାର | kananara | 4.17 |
| ବାଉରୀବୁକଅଁରା | ba'uribuka'amra | 4.17 |
| କଅଁରା | ka'amra | 4.17 |
| କନରା | kanara | 4.17 |
| Kanara in the Marathi language | ||
| कनरा | kanara | 31.58 |
| कानरा | kanara | 26.32 |
| कनारा | kanara | 21.05 |
| कानारा | kanara | 15.79 |
| गंगाराम | gangarama | 5.26 |
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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 Kanara
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