Kanway Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Kanway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 36 | 1:122,459 | 9,313 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kanway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanway Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanway is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanway? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanway is the 2,909,720th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name Kanway is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanway reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 122,459. In Liberia Kanway is mostly concentrated in: Nimba County, where 50 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 28 percent are found and Grand Bassa County, where 19 percent are found. Other than Liberia it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 18 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Kanway
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