Kanniappan Surname

406,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 861 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Kanniappan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanniappan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia4011:73,5525,297
India3091:2,482,41279,431
United Arab Emirates301:305,40920,323
United States291:12,498,584473,286
Australia281:964,13257,058
Singapore171:323,98313,856
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Qatar161:147,37516,023
England61:9,286,343223,652
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432

Kanniappan (453) may also be a first name.

Kanniappan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kanniappan is carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kanniappan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanniappan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kanniappan is the 406,613th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 8,464,049 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Kanniappan are found; 49 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 47 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kanniappan is also the 401,726th most commonly held forename globally, borne by 453 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Malaysia, where it is borne by 401 people, or 1 in 73,552. In Malaysia Kanniappan is mostly found in: Selangor, where 41 percent live, Perak, where 15 percent live and Johor, where 11 percent live. Outside of Malaysia it exists in 16 countries. It is also found in India, where 36 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 3 percent live.

Kanniappan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kanniappan surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with the political party.

The amount Kanniappan earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 50.16% more than the national average, earning R 356,844 per year and in United States they earn 24.16% less than the national average, earning $32,725 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 Kanniappan
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