Kanawei Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Kanawei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Kanawei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanawei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanawei is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kanawei.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanawei? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanawei is the 5,587,209th most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. Kanawei occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Kanawei reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Kanawei is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria Kanawei is most common in: Bayelsa, where 91 percent reside and Delta, where 9 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Venezuela, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Kanawei
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