Kanavi Surname
Approximately 4,665 people bear this surname
Kanavi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4,582 | 1:167,408 | 10,388 |
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Iran | 5 | 1:15,356,505 | 213,424 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Kanavi (264) may also be a first name.
Kanavi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanavi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanavi (Hindi: कणवी, Marathi: कणवी, Russian: Канави) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanavi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kanavi is the 101,170th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,562,175 people. Kanavi occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kanavi live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 547,545th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 264 people.
The last name Kanavi is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 4,582 people, or 1 in 167,408. In India Kanavi is mostly concentrated in: Karnataka, where 98 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 1 percent reside and Gujarat, where 0 percent reside. Excluding India Kanavi is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside and Benin, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanavi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanavi in the Marathi language | ||
| कणवी | kanavi | 83.78 |
| कनवी | kanavi | 10.81 |
| कानवी | kanavi | 2.7 |
| रणवीर | ranavira | 2.7 |
| Kanavi in the Hindi language | ||
| कणवी | kanavi | 66.67 |
| कङवी | kanavi | 33.33 |
| Kanavi in the Russian language | ||
| Канави | kanavi | - |
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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 Kanavi
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