Kanau Surname
Approximately 1,234 people bear this surname
Kanau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 717 | 1:11,372 | 1,009 |
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| India | 152 | 1:5,046,483 | 126,094 |
| Indonesia | 53 | 1:2,495,268 | 147,726 |
| Nepal | 30 | 1:949,365 | 5,886 |
| Solomon Islands | 26 | 1:22,309 | 4,345 |
| Japan | 21 | 1:6,087,823 | 41,347 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Kanau (455) may also be a first name.
Kanau Demographics
Average Kanau Salary in
United States
$36,972 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kanau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanau (Hindi: कनौ, Marathi: कनौ) is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 306,393rd most frequently held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,905,629 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 61 percent of Kanau are found; 61 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 59 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 400,634th most frequently held forename on earth It is held by 455 people.
The last name Kanau is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 717 people, or 1 in 11,372. In Papua New Guinea Kanau is most numerous in: Bougainville, where 23 percent are found, Manus, where 14 percent are found and Central, where 13 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea Kanau exists in 17 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 14 percent are found and India, where 12 percent are found.
Kanau Last Name Statistics demography
Kanau earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.32% less than the national average, earning $36,972 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanau in the Marathi language | ||
| कनौ | kanau | - |
| Kanau in the Hindi language | ||
| कनौ | kanau | 66.67 |
| कनऊ | kana'u | 21.3 |
| कानौ | kanau | 2.78 |
| कनाऊ | kana'u | 1.85 |
| कनाउ | kana'u | 0.93 |
| कनउ | kana'u | 0.93 |
| कन्ऊ | kanu | 0.93 |
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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 Kanau
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