Kanlay Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Kanlay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| Liberia | 4 | 1:1,102,134 | 37,930 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Kanlay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanlay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanlay is found in Taiwan more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanlay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,772,636th most common last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. Kanlay is predominantly found in Asia, where 65 percent of Kanlay reside; 53 percent reside in East Asia and 53 percent reside in Sino-East Asia.
The last name is most commonly held in Taiwan, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 2,604,972. In Taiwan Kanlay is most frequent in: Kaohsiung City, where 78 percent live and Taoyuan City, where 22 percent live. Barring Taiwan it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 12 percent live.
Kanlay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kanlay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kanlay last name declined 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Kanlay
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