Kanaston Surname

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

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Kanaston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kanaston Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Kanaston Last Name Facts

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

Kanaston is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanaston? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 75 percent of Kanaston reside; 75 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 75 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

Kanaston is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 9,831,408. In Malaysia Kanaston is mostly concentrated in: Perak, where 100 percent are found. Beside Malaysia this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent are found.

Kanaston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kanaston has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kenaston88447/
Kaneston880/
Keynaston820/
Keneston7593/
Caneston750/
Khanestan711/
Kanesthan711/
Connaston710/
Coneston630/
Conneston591/
Konastham591/
Connauchton532/
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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 Kanaston
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