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 most common in India. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kannur? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kannur is the 67,826th most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 994,073 people. The surname Kannur is primarily found 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 common first name in the world, borne by 40 people.
This surname is most frequent in India, where it is held by 5,536 people, or 1 in 138,559. In India Kannur is primarily found in: Karnataka, where 87 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 7 percent are found and Kerala, where 3 percent are found. Beside India this surname exists in 19 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 10 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 8 percent are found.
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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