Kanwi Surname
Approximately 309 people bear this surname
Kanwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 154 | 1:1,150,278 | 47,013 |
| Thailand | 122 | 1:579,003 | 98,779 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Kanwi (268) may also be a first name.
Kanwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanwi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanwi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 874,560th most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 23,584,291 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 56 percent of Kanwi live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 543,171st most frequently used forename at a global level, held by 268 people.
The last name Kanwi is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 154 people, or 1 in 1,150,278. In Nigeria Kanwi is most common in: Rivers, where 93 percent are found, Lagos, where 3 percent are found and Osun, where 3 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 39 percent are found and Liberia, where 3 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 Kanwi
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