Last name Kanai (Kanai 
, カナイ , Канай 
) , globally, is quite a common surname. The cognomen Kanai is habitual in Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a rare surname, Hungary, and Kenya. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in India, Kenya, and Japan. Predominantly, Kanai is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Kanai | Bangladesh, India, Japan, United States, Kenya |
| カナイ | Japan |
| Канай | Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Ukraine |
| Канаи | Russia |
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toshiyuki kanai politician (1850-1897) (b. 1850) |
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| pagla kanai (b. 1809) |
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| kanai tada (b. 1875) |
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michio kanai Japanese aikidoka (1940-2013) (b. 1940) |
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| kikuko kanai (b. 1906) |
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| lincoln kanai (b. 1908) |
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| kanai lal sarker Bangladeshi politician (b. 1925) |
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hiroshi kanai Japanese educator |
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| hiroo kanai botanist (b. 1930) |
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| kanai dutta (b. 1920) |
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| hideto kanai Japanese jazz musician, JP (b. 1931) |
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| kanai lal hazra Indian historian and author (b. 1932) |
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| kanai chatterjee Bengali maoist ideologue, founder of the Maoist Communist Centre of India., IN (b. 1933) |
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| mitsunari kanai Japanese aikidoka, CA (b. 1939) |
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| toshitaka kanai (b. 1952) |
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