Kandon Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

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

Kandon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kandon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea421:194,13626,902
Philippines181:5,624,346177,167
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Indonesia111:12,022,654410,938
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Kandon (186) may also be a first name.

Kandon Last Name Facts

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

Kandon (Bengali: কানন্দ, Russian: Кандон) is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kandon click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kandon? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,943,350th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 46 percent of Kandon reside; 46 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 46 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 667,122nd most frequently used forename in the world, held by 186 people.

The surname Kandon is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 194,136. In Papua New Guinea Kandon is most prevalent in: Enga, where 64 percent reside, East Sepik, where 17 percent reside and Madang, where 17 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea Kandon exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 20 percent reside and South Africa, where 18 percent reside.

Kandon Last Name Statistics demography

Kandon earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.96% less than the national average, earning R 156,948 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kandon Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kandon in the Bengali language
কানন্দkananda-
Kandon in the Russian language
Кандонkandon-

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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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  • 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 Kandon
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