Canaana Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Canaana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
Canaana (13) may also be a first name.
Canaana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canaana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Canaana occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Canaana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Canaana? popularity and diffusion
Canaana is the 4,908,606th most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. Canaana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Canaana live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held given name worldwide. It is borne by 13 people.
The surname Canaana is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria Canaana is most common in: Delta, where 92 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 25 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 Canaana
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