Kannayah Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Kannayah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 31 | 1:951,427 | 42,969 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kannayah (10) may also be a first name.
Kannayah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kannayah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kannayah occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kannayah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,485,539th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Kannayah live; 97 percent live in Southeast Asia and 97 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kannayah is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used given name world-wide, held by 10 people.
This last name is most common in Malaysia, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 951,427. In Malaysia Kannayah is mostly found in: Selangor, where 45 percent live, Johor, where 16 percent live and Pahang, where 16 percent live. Excluding Malaysia Kannayah is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 3 percent live.
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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 Kannayah
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