te Kanawa Surname

1,231,034th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 189 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

te Kanawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

te Kanawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand1601:28,3024,948
Australia261:1,038,29659,744
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643

te Kanawa Last Name Facts

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

te Kanawa is more commonly found in New Zealand than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name te Kanawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name te Kanawa is the 1,231,034th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. The surname te Kanawa occurs mostly in Oceania, where 98 percent of te Kanawa live; 98 percent live in Australasia and 98 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most prevalent in New Zealand, where it is borne by 160 people, or 1 in 28,302. In New Zealand te Kanawa is mostly found in: Waikato Region, where 44 percent live, Auckland Region, where 18 percent live and Bay of Plenty Region, where 12 percent live. Aside from New Zealand te Kanawa occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 14 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tekanawa9414/
Tekanaa881/
Takanawa82384/
Tekanawe822/
Tekanaua821/
Tekana801,073/
Teknaa801/
Tagnawa75254/
Tyekana75183/
te Kani75165/
Tekwana7580/
Tokanwa7527/
Tekaana7510/
Tiekana759/
Teknawi758/
Taekana756/
Tekanya755/
Tekkana753/
Tiknawa753/
Taknawa753/
te Khan752/
Teekana751/
Tekanna751/
Tekawan751/
te Kian751/
te Kann751/
Tie Kawano741/
Tieko Nawa741/
Takenawa711,014/
Tekan71645/
Takaniwa71137/
Tyekwana7132/
Teikanoa7120/
Tekna7118/
Tekawani716/
Tokanowa715/
Tkana712/
Tewukana712/
Dikanawa712/
Teekanai711/
Taekwana711/
Taoekana711/
Tie Kano711/
de Canaa711/
te Kha N711/
Tiekayanaya706/
Takana674,693/
Tekane672,854/
Tukana672,823/
Tekian671,813/
Tikana671,307/
Tekena67808/
Tiekayana67416/
t Khan67379/
Tekwan67267/
Tekani67260/
Tekkan67198/
de Kan67126/
Tokana6799/
Tekina6793/
Tegana6767/
Tekano6764/
Dekana6740/
Toekan6736/
Tecana6736/
Tekean6729/
Tekuan6722/
Tekhan6722/
Tekyna6721/
Tekyan6712/
Tekhna678/
Tuekan678/
t Kano675/
Teakan674/
Tuikenawa674/
Tekuna673/
Teekan672/
Tekanu672/
Htwe Khan672/
te Kun672/
Tekaen671/
Tekaun671/
Takaoniwa671/
Tegnwa671/
Tehkan671/
Tekanh671/
Teknai671/
Teknao671/
Teknay671/
Tekona671/
Taekan671/
Tiyaekana671/
Dekayawan671/
Tykana671/
Tu Kayana671/
Tkanai671/
Tie Okano671/
Tiekan671/
Teckna671/
de Kawano671/
te Ken671/
Teckan670/
Teikan670/

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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 te Kanawa
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis