Kanawasi Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Kanawasi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Kanawasi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanawasi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanawasi (Hindi: कनवासी) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanawasi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kanawasi is the 6,360,413th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Kanawasi is mostly found in Oceania, where 89 percent of Kanawasi are found; 89 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 89 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea Kanawasi is found in one country. It also occurs in India, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanawassi | 94 | 1 | / |
| Kanavasi | 88 | 36 | / |
| Kanawagi | 88 | 4 | / |
| Kanawesi | 88 | 3 | / |
| Kanawazi | 88 | 2 | / |
| Khanabasi | 82 | 3 | / |
| Khanawazi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Khanavasi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kanawarzai | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kanawaissa | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kanawaje | 75 | 21 | / |
| Kanavaci | 75 | 6 | / |
| Kanabagi | 75 | 5 | / |
| Konavasi | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kanavaji | 75 | 3 | / |
| Kanavase | 75 | 1 | / |
| Canavasi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Canavassi | 71 | 24 | / |
| Kanaboshi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kangawose | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanawossa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kahnavazi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khanavase | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanavoutsi | 67 | 15 | / |
| Khanabazai | 67 | 1 | / |
Kanawasi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanawasi in the Hindi language | ||
| कनवासी | kanavasi | - |
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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 Kanawasi
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