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
Average Kanayo Salary in
South Africa
R 66,852
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kanayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanayo (Hindi: कनयो, Marathi: कनायो) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanayo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kanayo is the 470,273rd most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 10,206,647 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Kanayo are found; 68 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 118,543rd most widespread given name internationally It is held by 3,569 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 486 people, or 1 in 364,491. In Nigeria Kanayo is most common in: Lagos, where 17 percent are found, Enugu, where 12 percent are found and Delta, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 15 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 24 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.
Kanayo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding 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
- 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 Kanayo
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