Kanases Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Kanases Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanases Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Kanases Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kanases occurs in Namibia more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kanases.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanases? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Kanases reside; 75 percent reside in Southern Africa and 75 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Namibia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 1,204,700. In Namibia it is most numerous in: Khomas Region, where 50 percent reside and Zambezi Region, where 50 percent reside. Aside from Namibia this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent reside and South Africa, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kanasis8619/
Kanages867/
Canases861/
Gkanasis805/
Khanasis804/
Kanatsis801/
Kanagies800/
Konashets7515/
Kanashyts755/
Gkanatsis754/
Kaynagesh751/
Caneses7140/
Canajes711/
Keneses711/
Canaces711/
Kenazes711/
Kanatsız67182/
Kanousis6771/
Kaunesis6755/
Kenausis6734/
Cannaces671/
Cainasis671/
Kongasis671/
Khanajis671/
Khanacis671/
Kanachis671/

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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 Kanases
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