Kanawang Surname
Approximately 169 people bear this surname
Kanawang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 157 | 1:187,861 | 11,202 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
Kanawang (16) may also be a first name.
Kanawang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanawang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanawang is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kanawang.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanawang? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,328,442nd most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 43,121,573 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kanawang live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 100 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 16 people.
The last name is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 157 people, or 1 in 187,861. In Malaysia Kanawang is primarily found in: Sarawak, where 92 percent are found, Kuala Lumpur, where 3 percent are found and Johor, where 3 percent are found. Besides Malaysia it exists in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 7 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
- 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 Kanawang
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