Kanasia Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Kanasia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Kanasia (164) may also be a first name.
Kanasia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanasia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanasia is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanasia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,812,366th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Kanasia occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 91 percent of Kanasia live; 91 percent live in Oceania Islands and 82 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Kanasia is also the 715,247th most widely held given name internationally, borne by 164 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 78 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 22 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 9 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 9 percent live.
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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 Kanasia
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