Kanav Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Kanav Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 77 | 1:9,961,888 | 192,972 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Kanav (2,889) may also be a first name.
Kanav Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanav Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanav (Hindi: कनव, Marathi: कानव) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanav? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,091,648th most commonly used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Kanav are found; 95 percent are found in South Asia and 89 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Kanav is also the 135,217th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 2,889 people.
Kanav is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 77 people, or 1 in 9,961,888. In India Kanav is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 40 percent live, Gujarat, where 18 percent live and Karnataka, where 10 percent live. Aside from India this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 2 percent live and China, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanav Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanav in the Hindi language | ||
| कनव | kanava | 63.46 |
| कानव | kanava | 32.69 |
| कण्व | kanva | 1.92 |
| कणव | kanava | 1.92 |
| Kanav in the Marathi language | ||
| कानव | kanava | 43.64 |
| कङव | kanava | 21.82 |
| कनव | kanava | 12.73 |
| काणव | kanava | 10.91 |
| कानाव | kanava | 5.45 |
| कणव | kanava | 3.64 |
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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 Kanav
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