Kanat Surname
Approximately 27,384 people bear this surname
Kanat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 22,502 | 1:3,458 | 491 |
| India | 3,138 | 1:244,444 | 14,235 |
| Kazakhstan | 350 | 1:50,521 | 6,473 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 225 | 1:26,545 | 4,398 |
| Germany | 203 | 1:396,579 | 36,740 |
| Northern Cyprus | 150 | 1:2,127 | 253 |
| Sweden | 136 | 1:72,403 | 5,440 |
| France | 109 | 1:609,383 | 80,423 |
| United States | 84 | 1:4,314,987 | 229,510 |
| Pakistan | 79 | 1:2,261,315 | 20,628 |
| Denmark | 65 | 1:86,842 | 8,367 |
| Norway | 45 | 1:114,273 | 15,150 |
| Papua New Guinea | 44 | 1:185,312 | 25,733 |
| Australia | 34 | 1:793,991 | 50,673 |
| Niger | 27 | 1:710,815 | 16,981 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Slovakia | 13 | 1:410,496 | 52,415 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Bulgaria | 6 | 1:1,163,151 | 37,744 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Kanát (175) are calculated separately.
Kanat (86,599) may also be a first name.
Kanat Demographics
Average Kanat Salary in
United States
$46,363 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kanat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanat Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanat (Arabic: كانات, Georgian: კანატ, Hindi: कानत, Marathi: कानात, Oriya: କନତ, Russian: Канат) is held by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Kanát. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanat? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanat is the 19,976th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 266,124 people. The surname Kanat is mostly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Kanat live; 72 percent live in West Asia and 72 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Kanat is also the 11,548th most frequently held forename globally, held by 86,599 people.
Kanat is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is borne by 22,502 people, or 1 in 3,458. In Turkey it is primarily found in: Istanbul Province, where 15 percent reside, Izmir Province, where 7 percent reside and Hakkari Province, where 4 percent reside. Not including Turkey this surname exists in 56 countries. It is also common in India, where 11 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 1 percent reside.
Kanat Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kanat has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kanat last name increased 2,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kanat Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan and Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Kanat last name are 8.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.56% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kanat earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 39.27% less than the national average, earning 210,172 kr per year; in United States they earn 7.45% more than the national average, earning $46,363 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.44% less than the national average, earning $48,469 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanat Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanat in the Georgian language | ||
| კანატ | kanat | - |
| Kanat in the Hindi language | ||
| कानत | kanata | 88.77 |
| कान्त | kanta | 2.67 |
| कंात | kamata | 2.14 |
| कनात | kanata | 2.14 |
| काणत | kanata | 1.6 |
| कनत | kanata | 0.53 |
| कनट | kanata | 0.53 |
| कांत | kanta | 0.53 |
| कानात | kanata | 0.53 |
| Kanat in the Oriya language | ||
| କନତ | kanata | 66.67 |
| କାଣତ | kanata | 16.67 |
| କନକ | kanaka | 16.67 |
| Kanat in the Marathi language | ||
| कानात | kanata | 35.29 |
| कानत | kanata | 34.31 |
| काञट | kanata | 3.92 |
| कानाट | kanata | 3.92 |
| कनात | kanata | 3.92 |
| कानट | kanata | 3.92 |
| कनत | kanata | 3.92 |
| कांत | kanta | 1.96 |
| खान | khana | 1.96 |
| कणात | kanata | 0.98 |
| कांता | kanta | 0.98 |
| कान्त | kanta | 0.98 |
| Kanat in the Russian language | ||
| Канат | kanat | - |
| Kanat in the Arabic language | ||
| كانات | kanat | - |
| كانت | kant | - |
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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 Kanat
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