Kanaung Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Kanaung Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanaung Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia641:2,066,394128,621
Myanmar91:5,770,887975
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803

Kanaung Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kanaung occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanaung? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,136,387th most frequently used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kanaung reside; 88 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 88 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The surname Kanaung is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 2,066,394. In Indonesia Kanaung is mostly found in: North Sulawesi, where 97 percent are found and North Maluku, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Myanmar, where 12 percent are found and Malaysia, where 6 percent are found.

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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 Kanaung
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