Kanem Surname
Approximately 1,654 people bear this surname
Kanem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 710 | 1:1,080,374 | 44,602 |
| Algeria | 652 | 1:59,251 | 9,938 |
| Papua New Guinea | 87 | 1:93,721 | 12,528 |
| Nigeria | 63 | 1:2,811,790 | 89,258 |
| Thailand | 62 | 1:1,139,328 | 167,850 |
| Indonesia | 52 | 1:2,543,254 | 149,807 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Kanem (1,825) may also be a first name.
Kanem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanem occurs most in India. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanem? popularity and diffusion
It is the 241,541st most widely held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 4,406,013 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 48 percent of Kanem reside; 43 percent reside in South Asia and 43 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Kanem is also the 178,629th most commonly used forename at a global level, held by 1,825 people.
The last name Kanem is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 710 people, or 1 in 1,080,374. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 99 percent live, Telangana, where 1 percent live and Gujarat, where 0 percent live. Beside India Kanem exists in 21 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 39 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khanem | 91 | 547 | / |
| Kaneme | 91 | 289 | / |
| Kannem | 91 | 259 | / |
| Kaanem | 91 | 31 | / |
| Kaniem | 91 | 29 | / |
| Kainem | 91 | 26 | / |
| Kangem | 91 | 16 | / |
| Kaneem | 91 | 7 | / |
| Kaneam | 91 | 2 | / |
| Kanemm | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kahnem | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ckanem | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kanhem | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kaunem | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kaynem | 91 | 1 | / |
| Khaneem | 83 | 14 | / |
| Khaneim | 83 | 13 | / |
| Kanneem | 83 | 4 | / |
| Gkhanem | 83 | 4 | / |
| Keaneam | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kamneam | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kamgnem | 83 | 1 | / |
| Khaneum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Khannem | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kanim | 80 | 1,164 | / |
| Konem | 80 | 91 | / |
| Kenem | 80 | 71 | / |
| Canem | 80 | 22 | / |
| Qanem | 80 | 6 | / |
| Kanym | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khamneam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khaineam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khanim | 73 | 3,805 | / |
| Kanime | 73 | 1,917 | / |
| Kangim | 73 | 183 | / |
| Khonem | 73 | 150 | / |
| Kannim | 73 | 127 | / |
| Khanym | 73 | 115 | / |
| Qasnem | 73 | 39 | / |
| Kongem | 73 | 36 | / |
| Kaenim | 73 | 33 | / |
| Qaneme | 73 | 25 | / |
| Canhem | 73 | 9 | / |
| Kanaim | 73 | 7 | / |
| Koniem | 73 | 7 | / |
| Kahnim | 73 | 6 | / |
| Konnem | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kamnim | 73 | 5 | / |
| Koneme | 73 | 5 | / |
| Cannem | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kainim | 73 | 3 | / |
| Keenem | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kagnim | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kanyme | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kenhem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Katnim | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khenem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Keanim | 73 | 1 | / |
| Keinem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Caniem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Quanem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kounem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Koinem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kanyom | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kohnem | 73 | 0 | / |
| Khamnim | 67 | 280 | / |
| Khannim | 67 | 115 | / |
| Konheim | 67 | 114 | / |
| Khanyom | 67 | 98 | / |
| Khongem | 67 | 13 | / |
| Khamhem | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kenheim | 67 | 4 | / |
| Keatnim | 67 | 2 | / |
| Konhiem | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khanujm | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khainym | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kongnem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khanajm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koyniem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kamheam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khanuim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaunoim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khanoim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kangaim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanaime | 67 | 1 | / |
| Komgnem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Komneem | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kanem
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