Kanchau Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Kanchau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 63 | 1:468,162 | 23,720 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kanchau (17) may also be a first name.
Kanchau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanchau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanchau is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanchau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kanchau is the 2,394,033rd most widespread surname in the world, held by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. The surname Kanchau occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kanchau reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 98 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kanchau is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 17 people.
The surname is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 63 people, or 1 in 468,162. In Malaysia it is mostly found in: Sarawak, where 83 percent reside, Kuala Lumpur, where 8 percent reside and Johor, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Malaysia Kanchau exists in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 2 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 Kanchau
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