Kanuka Surname

172,486th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,494 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Kanuka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanuka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan1,0061:127,0826,937
India6441:1,191,09547,921
South Africa3671:147,62316,807
DR Congo3011:245,44723,516
Zimbabwe671:230,42125,509
Canada491:751,95159,756
Russia201:7,206,153275,629
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Zambia41:3,962,48038,524
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824

The alternate forms: Kañuka (25) are calculated separately.

Kanuka (687) may also be a first name.

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

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kanuka in the Oriya language
କାନୁକାkanuka-
Kanuka in the Marathi language
कनुकाkanuka-
Kanuka in the Hindi language
कनुकाkanuka40
कनूकाkanuka30
कानुकाkanuka10
कणुकाkanuka10
कूंकाkunka10
Kanuka in the Russian language
Канукаkanuka-

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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 Kanuka
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