Canakan Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Canakan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 55 | 1:1,840,695 | 114,828 |
| Turkey | 10 | 1:7,782,142 | 126,629 |
Canakan (17) may also be a first name.
Canakan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canakan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Canakan is most common in The Philippines. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Canakan? popularity and diffusion
Canakan is the 2,372,517th most commonly held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. Canakan occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Canakan reside; 85 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 48 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Canakan is also the 2,694,839th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 17 people.
This surname is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 1,840,695. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 56 percent are found, Davao Region, where 27 percent are found and Soccsksargen, where 15 percent are found. Aside from The Philippines Canakan exists in one country. It also occurs in Turkey, where 15 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 Canakan
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