Kannau Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Kannau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| India | 36 | 1:21,307,372 | 304,812 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
Kannau (16) may also be a first name.
Kannau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kannau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kannau (Hindi: कन्नौ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kannau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kannau is the 2,075,631st most widely held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 45 percent of Kannau reside; 45 percent reside in West Africa and 45 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kannau is also the 2,786,762nd most common first name worldwide, held by 16 people.
Kannau is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Taraba, where 86 percent are found, Benue, where 11 percent are found and Jigawa, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 44 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kannau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kannau in the Hindi language | ||
| कन्नौ | kannau | 96.55 |
| कन्नौजिया | kannaujiya | 3.45 |
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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 Kannau
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