Kanawe Surname
Approximately 693 people bear this surname
Kanawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| Benin | 20 | 1:516,780 | 33,864 |
| Zambia | 8 | 1:1,981,240 | 32,669 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kanawe (34) may also be a first name.
Kanawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanawe is borne by more people in Togo than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kanawe.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanawe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kanawe is the 481,056th most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 10,515,939 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Kanawe reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kanawe is also the 1,775,424th most numerous first name globally, borne by 34 people.
Kanawe is most commonly used in Togo, where it is held by 420 people, or 1 in 17,257. Aside from Togo Kanawe occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 26 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live.
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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 Kanawe
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