Kannur Surname
Approximately 7,331 people bear this surname
Kannur Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 5,536 | 1:138,559 | 8,851 |
| Saudi Arabia | 755 | 1:40,869 | 6,011 |
| United Arab Emirates | 585 | 1:15,662 | 1,900 |
| Qatar | 144 | 1:16,375 | 1,767 |
| Bahrain | 103 | 1:13,093 | 2,472 |
| Oman | 102 | 1:36,157 | 2,454 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Northern Cyprus | 20 | 1:15,951 | 4,166 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Kannur (40) may also be a first name.
Kannur Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kannur Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kannur (Arabic: كانور, Hindi: कन्नूर, Marathi: कन्) is found most frequently in India. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kannur? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 67,826th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 994,073 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kannur are found; 76 percent are found in South Asia and 75 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,614,485th most commonly used forename on earth. It is borne by 40 people.
The last name is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 5,536 people, or 1 in 138,559. In India Kannur is primarily concentrated in: Karnataka, where 87 percent live, Maharashtra, where 7 percent live and Kerala, where 3 percent live. Apart from India this surname exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 10 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kannur Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kannur in the Hindi language | ||
| कन्नूर | kannura | - |
| Kannur in the Marathi language | ||
| कन् | kan | 57.14 |
| कऩ्नुर | kannura | 19.05 |
| कानुर | kanura | 9.52 |
| णुर | nura | 9.52 |
| कण्णूर | kannura | 4.76 |
| Kannur in the Arabic language | ||
| كانور | kanwr | - |
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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 Kannur
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