Kanistan Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Kanistan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanistan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India51:153,413,076951,030
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
France11:66,422,722504,397

Kanistan (108) may also be a first name.

Kanistan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kanistan is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanistan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kanistan is the 6,063,924th most prevalent family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Kanistan is predominantly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Kanistan live; 90 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 904,892nd most frequently used forename throughout the world. It is borne by 108 people.

The last name is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 153,413,076. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Tamil Nadu, where 80 percent reside. Besides India Kanistan occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Sri Lanka, where 40 percent reside and France, where 10 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 Kanistan
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