Kanawy Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kanawy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanawy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Kanawy Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kanawy Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kanawy is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kanawy.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanawy? popularity and diffusion

Kanawy is the 5,812,366th most numerous surname globally, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Kanawy occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 73 percent of Kanawy reside; 73 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 73 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

The surname Kanawy is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea Kanawy is most prevalent in: Morobe, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 9 percent reside and Guatemala, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kanaway9232/
Khasnawy861/
Kenawy8318,424/
Kanawa832,984/
Kanawi831,006/
Kanawe83693/
Kanaby83195/
Kanavy83182/
Kamhawy771,909/
Canaway771,841/
Kenawey77400/
Kenaway77157/
Khanawe77106/
Kanavay7732/
Kaunawa7727/
Kannaby7722/
Kangawi7721/
Khanawi7719/
Kanabey7715/
Kanaiwa7713/
Kanawei7712/
Kannawi7711/
Khanawa778/
Kanawii776/
Kanawai776/
Kanawje775/
Kanaviy774/
Kanaevy774/
Keinawy774/
Kanavey773/
Kanaboy772/
Kanawit771/
Konaway771/
Kaneavy771/
Kanaweh771/
Kanawie771/
Kanobay771/
Kahnawa771/
Kanabyi771/
Kanahwa771/
Kanaiwe771/
Kaanawe771/
Gkanawa771/
Kanauwa771/
Kanhawet7182/
Cannaway7159/
Katnawer717/
Khanawet714/
Khanaywa713/
Kongaway712/
Kanaweit711/
Keenaway711/
Khanabay711/
Khanawai711/
Kanawait711/
Kanahawa711/
Kangavey711/
Kannabey711/
Kanavi674,665/
Qenawy674,584/
Kenawi672,019/
Kanava67399/
Canavy67208/
Konawa67206/
Kenawe67196/
Kanowi67101/
Canaby6790/
Kanabé6783/
Kanave6779/
Kanowe6731/
Konaby6718/
Canawi679/
Canawa676/
Qanawa674/
Konawe674/
Kanewe672/
Konawi671/
Caannaway671/
Canawe671/
Conawy671/
Kangawuhi671/
Qanawi671/
Kenewy671/
Kenavy670/

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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
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  • 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 Kanawy
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