Känä is used as a family name or surname in Cameroon. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Känä
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Cameroon
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Känä

How popular is Känä?

Känä is common in Cameroon.

Känä is ranked 9889 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Kanas plummeted by 7.119205 per cent to 561 since 2000 and slipped by 3924 spots and ranked at 39212. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 79.5 82.78
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 10.52 10.6
Black 5.35 1.99
Hispanic or Latino 3.39 0
Others 1.25 2.65
Kana is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Cameroon which signifies that it is originated from Cameroon. Around 54415 people have been found who wears Kana as their family name. Kana is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
96,935 Spain10
51,441 Kyrgyzstan8
98,953 Belarus7
5,340 Iceland6
9,053 Senegal5
27,602 Nigeria4
2,980 Malawi4
1,750 Rwanda4
2,967 Vietnam3
46,068 Philippines3
26,321 Israel3
3,041 Democratic Republic of The Congo3
1,647 Fiji3
16,605 Austria3
14,054 China3
32,086 Mexico3
15,749 Finland3
35 Tuvalu2
5,139 Bolivia2
35,969 Denmark2
37,372 Georgia2
6,103 Cyprus2
2,617 Cambodia2
95,312 Argentina2
14,521 Portugal2
2,835 Libya2
28,232 Morocco2
11,736 Lithuania2
3,670 Mozambique2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
6,266 Luxembourg2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
38,063 Mauritania1
7,198 Maldives1
734 Chad1
613 Central African Republic1
3,275 Nepal1
8,181 Botswana1
6,033 Benin1
20,172 Hungary1
6,820 Angola1
7,847 Albania1
7,191 Afghanistan1
31,207 Ireland1
3,214 Niger1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
1,179 Swaziland1
29,595 Iran1
8,371 Syria1
5,553 Taiwan1
11,831 Tajikistan1
17,236 Ghana1
8,859 Iraq1
2,232 French Polynesia1
16,073 Latvia1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
17,768 Pakistan1
18,969 Wales1
6,149 Ethiopia1
25,721 Egypt1
17,575 Kuwait1
90,903 Moldova1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
86,745 Ukraine50
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
18,843 Chile36
23,443 Norway26
3,873 Thailand24
3,209 Japan22
42,407 Sweden22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
83,365 Brazil95
19,298 Belgium89
5,365 Lebanon84
72,056 Italy78
31,155 Netherlands75
34,647 Australia63
19,965 Switzerland54
5,773 Singapore53
12,143 New Zealand52
Countries with hundreds of Känä:
2,676 Malaysia961
1,984 Zambia903
32,989 United States881
9,208 Turkey838
3,899 Peru741
15,335 Algeria357
5,271 Greece344
2,516 Slovakia342
31,047 Germany336
17,149 England323
664 Gabon322
37,175 France269
20,344 Tanzania207
28,734 Poland191
3,152 Burkina Faso187
20,300 Canada176
16,674 Kazakhstan157
14,177 Zimbabwe127
1,831 Estonia123
103,269 Russia112
Countries with thousands of Känä:
6,471 India7,884
200 Burundi6,197
4,291 Indonesia3,361
2,373 Kenya2,433
3,757 Bangladesh2,063
4,165 South Africa1,571
715 Papua New Guinea1,494
931 Czech Republic1,462
3,860 Uganda1,307
Countries with ten thousands of Känä:
93 Cameroon17,742
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Andy Kana worked as immigrant and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 30 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Ellen and arrived on July 13, 1850.

Känä Namesakes

  • Rajiv Kanakala, Film actor
  • Leila Kanaan, Director
  • Dinesh Kanagaratnam, Musical Artist
  • Ismail Kanater, Actor
  • Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano
  • Tony Kanaan, Racing driver
  • Hiro Kanagawa, Playwright
  • Adib K. Kanafani, Author
  • Fay Afaf Kanafani, Author
  • Suma Kanakala, TV Anchor