Kannappan Surname

297,671st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,280 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Kannappan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kannappan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India6681:1,148,30146,645
United States1501:2,416,393148,665
United Arab Emirates1261:72,7166,783
Malaysia871:339,01418,165
Singapore811:67,9962,745
Qatar811:29,1113,031
Thailand261:2,716,859279,944
England131:4,286,005132,302
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Brunei41:104,6832,048
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

Kannappan (8,160) may also be a first name.

Kannappan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kannappan has its highest incidence in India. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kannappan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 297,671st most commonly used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 5,693,395 people. The last name Kannappan is primarily found in Asia, where 84 percent of Kannappan reside; 52 percent reside in South Asia and 52 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Kannappan is also the 70,154th most frequent given name at a global level. It is borne by 8,160 people.

This surname is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 668 people, or 1 in 1,148,301. In India it is mostly found in: Tamil Nadu, where 66 percent live, Karnataka, where 9 percent live and Maharashtra, where 3 percent live. Excluding India Kannappan is found in 25 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 12 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 10 percent live.

Kannappan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kannappan surname are 17.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.71% being registered with the party.

Kannappan earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 49.43% more than the national average, earning $64,478 USD per year.

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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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  • 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 Kannappan
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