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 occurs in Togo more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanawe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 481,056th most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 10,515,939 people. Kanawe is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Kanawe live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kanawe is also the 1,775,424th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 34 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Togo, where it is held by 420 people, or 1 in 17,257. Excluding Togo this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 26 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 6 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 Kanawe
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