Kanpur Surname

590,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 528 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Kanpur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanpur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India4761:1,611,48259,236
Pakistan321:5,582,62134,646
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080

Kanpur (21) may also be a first name.

Kanpur Last Name Facts

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

Kanpur (Marathi: कानपूर) occurs most in India. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanpur? popularity and diffusion

Kanpur is the 590,896th most frequently used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 13,802,170 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kanpur are found; 96 percent are found in South Asia and 90 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 21 people.

The surname is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 476 people, or 1 in 1,611,482. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Uttar Pradesh, where 58 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 3 percent are found and Delhi, where 1 percent are found. Excluding India it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 6 percent are found and Qatar, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khanpur922,863/
Kanpure92221/
Kanpour923/
Kahnpur921/
Khanpour864,179/
Khanpure8682/
Kahnpour8648/
Kahanpur8610/
Kannpure861/
Kampur8366/
Kanpor839/
Canpur833/
Kampour77162/
Khanpor7739/
Khonpur7725/
Kampure7712/
Khampur776/
Kanphor772/
Kohnpur771/
Kanpoor771/
Konpaur770/
Kabur73606/
Khanphor715/
Katimpur715/
Khanpoor713/
Kamphour712/
Kohhnpur711/
Khanporh711/
Khanporr711/
Cainpure711/
Kasmpure711/
Kasempur711/
Kabour671,685/
Kabure67391/
Kampor67208/
Kempur6779/
Kaibur6721/
Campur6717/
Khabur6714/
Qahanpour675/
Katempour672/
Kabuir672/
Kaubur672/
Khoinpour671/
Khahmpour671/
Ckabur671/
Kasimpure671/
Khasempur671/
Khamphour671/
Kompur671/

Kanpur Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kanpur in the Marathi language
कानपूरkanapura75
कानपुरkanapura25

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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 Kanpur
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