Kaneth Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Kaneth Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 64 | 1:827,213 | 43,161 |
| India | 41 | 1:18,708,912 | 282,725 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
Kaneth (192) may also be a first name.
Kaneth Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaneth Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kaneth (Marathi: कनेथ) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kaneth click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaneth? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kaneth is the 1,551,568th most commonly held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. Kaneth is mostly found in Africa, where 62 percent of Kaneth reside; 48 percent reside in East Africa and 48 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 655,603rd most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 192 people.
This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 827,213. In Tanzania Kaneth is most prevalent in: Mbeya Region, where 100 percent live. Other than Tanzania it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 31 percent live and Nigeria, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaneth Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaneth in the Marathi language | ||
| कनेथ | kanetha | 75 |
| कॅनेथ | kenetha | 25 |
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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 Kaneth
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