Kanayah Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Kanayah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 26 | 1:1,134,393 | 49,681 |
| Guyana | 6 | 1:127,037 | 7,965 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Kanayah (46) may also be a first name.
Kanayah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanayah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanayah is carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanayah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,274,477th most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name Kanayah occurs mostly in Asia, where 81 percent of Kanayah reside; 81 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 81 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kanayah is also the 1,484,914th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 46 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 1,134,393. In Malaysia it is primarily concentrated in: Selangor, where 42 percent are found, Penang, where 23 percent are found and Johor, where 19 percent are found. Besides Malaysia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Guyana, where 17 percent are found and Indonesia, where 8 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 Kanayah
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