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 last name Kannur (Arabic: كانور, Hindi: कन्नूर, Marathi: कन्) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Kannur click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kannur? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 67,826th most frequently used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 994,073 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kannur live; 76 percent live in South Asia and 75 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Kannur is also the 1,614,485th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 40 people.
The surname is most widespread in India, where it is held by 5,536 people, or 1 in 138,559. In India it is most prevalent in: Karnataka, where 87 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 7 percent reside and Kerala, where 3 percent reside. Barring India this last name exists in 19 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 10 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 8 percent reside.
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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