Canaani Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Canaani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 47 | 1:1,633,671 | 62,881 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Canaani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canaani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Canaani is more frequently found in Iran than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Canaani? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,718,172nd most common last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Canaani live; 92 percent live in South Asia and 92 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
Canaani is most numerous in Iran, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 1,633,671. In Iran it is most numerous in: Tehran Province, where 38 percent live, Gilan Province, where 36 percent live and Kermanshah Province, where 19 percent live. Without taking into account Iran this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 2 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 Canaani
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