Kanavel Surname

1,032,007th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 244 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Kanavel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanavel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2361:1,535,843104,072
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Kanavel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kanavel (Marathi: कानवेल) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanavel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,032,007th most widely held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 29,866,991 people. The last name Kanavel is primarily found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Kanavel reside; 97 percent reside in North America and 97 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 236 people, or 1 in 1,535,843. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Ohio, where 22 percent reside, California, where 19 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 8 percent reside. Excluding The United States Kanavel is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 2 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.

Kanavel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kanavel has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,388 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kanavel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kanavel surname are 25.96% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 72.73% registered with the party.

Kanavel earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.39% less than the national average, earning $38,664 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kanavel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kanavel in the Marathi language
कानवेलkanavela66.67
कनवेलkanavela33.33

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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 Kanavel
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