Kanayo Surname
Approximately 714 people bear this surname
Kanayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 486 | 1:364,491 | 19,517 |
| South Africa | 168 | 1:322,486 | 30,363 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kanayo (3,569) may also be a first name.
Kanayo Demographics
Kanayo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kanayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanayo (Hindi: कनयो, Marathi: कनायो) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kanayo.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanayo? popularity and diffusion
Kanayo is the 470,273rd most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 10,206,647 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Kanayo live; 68 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kanayo is also the 118,543rd most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 3,569 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 486 people, or 1 in 364,491. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 17 percent live, Enugu, where 12 percent live and Delta, where 9 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Kanayo is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 24 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live.
Kanayo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kanayo last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Kanayo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 71.87% less than the national average, earning R 66,852 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanayo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanayo in the Hindi language | ||
| कनयो | kanayo | - |
| Kanayo in the Marathi language | ||
| कनायो | kanayo | 43.48 |
| कनयो | kanayo | 13.04 |
| कन्हैया | kanhaiya | 13.04 |
| कानायो | kanayo | 8.7 |
| कानयो | kanayo | 8.7 |
| कनायु | kanayu | 4.35 |
| कनया | kanaya | 4.35 |
| कान् | kan | 4.35 |
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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 Kanayo
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