te Kanawa Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
te Kanawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 160 | 1:28,302 | 4,948 |
| Australia | 26 | 1:1,038,296 | 59,744 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
te Kanawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name te Kanawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name te Kanawa is carried by more people in New Zealand than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name te Kanawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname te Kanawa is the 1,231,034th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 98 percent of te Kanawa reside; 98 percent reside in Australasia and 98 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.
The surname is most widespread in New Zealand, where it is held by 160 people, or 1 in 28,302. In New Zealand it is primarily concentrated in: Waikato Region, where 44 percent live, Auckland Region, where 18 percent live and Bay of Plenty Region, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account New Zealand it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 14 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
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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
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