Canakis Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Greece

Canakis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Canakis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States401:9,061,473385,835
Greece161:692,48777,522
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
England81:6,964,757184,742
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Canakis Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Canakis Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Canakis occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Canakis? popularity and diffusion

Canakis is the 1,980,395th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Canakis reside; 62 percent reside in North America and 54 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Canakis is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 9,061,473. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 35 percent reside, California, where 28 percent reside and Delaware, where 18 percent reside. Other than The United States it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 18 percent reside and Canada, where 17 percent reside.

Canakis Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Canakis surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Canakis earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 79.14% more than the national average, earning $77,295 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.34% more than the national average, earning $58,300 CAD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Canakis
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