Kanuka Surname
Approximately 2,494 people bear this surname
Kanuka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1,006 | 1:127,082 | 6,937 |
| India | 644 | 1:1,191,095 | 47,921 |
| South Africa | 367 | 1:147,623 | 16,807 |
| DR Congo | 301 | 1:245,447 | 23,516 |
| Zimbabwe | 67 | 1:230,421 | 25,509 |
| Canada | 49 | 1:751,951 | 59,756 |
| Russia | 20 | 1:7,206,153 | 275,629 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
The alternate forms: Kañuka (25) are calculated separately.
Kanuka (687) may also be a first name.
Kanuka Demographics
Average Kanuka Salary in
United States
$132,344 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kanuka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanuka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanuka (Hindi: कनुका, Marathi: कनुका, Oriya: କାନୁକା, Russian: Канука) is borne by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Kañuka. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanuka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 172,486th most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 2,922,031 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 67 percent of Kanuka live; 40 percent live in East Asia and 40 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 315,600th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 687 people.
The last name Kanuka is most commonly used in Japan, where it is held by 1,006 people, or 1 in 127,082. In Japan it is most frequent in: Iwate Prefecture, where 49 percent live, Aomori Prefecture, where 18 percent live and Tokyo Metropolis, where 13 percent live. Beside Japan this last name is found in 20 countries. It is also found in India, where 26 percent live and South Africa, where 15 percent live.
Kanuka Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Kanuka earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 50.33% less than the national average, earning R 118,044 per year; in United States they earn 206.71% more than the national average, earning $132,344 USD per year and in Canada they earn 37.7% more than the national average, earning $68,412 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanuka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanuka in the Oriya language | ||
| କାନୁକା | kanuka | - |
| Kanuka in the Marathi language | ||
| कनुका | kanuka | - |
| Kanuka in the Hindi language | ||
| कनुका | kanuka | 40 |
| कनूका | kanuka | 30 |
| कानुका | kanuka | 10 |
| कणुका | kanuka | 10 |
| कूंका | kunka | 10 |
| Kanuka in the Russian language | ||
| Канука | kanuka | - |
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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 Kanuka
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