Cangüven Surname

841,044th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 327 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Cangüven Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cangüven Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey3251:239,45116,815
Norway21:2,571,14395,402

The alternate forms: Canguven (9) are calculated separately.

Cangüven Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cangüven has its highest incidence in Turkey. It may be rendered as a variant: Canguven. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cangüven? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 841,044th most frequent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 22,286,073 people. The surname Cangüven occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Cangüven are found; 96 percent are found in West Asia and 96 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is carried by 325 people, or 1 in 239,451. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Adana Province, where 50 percent reside, Gaziantep Province, where 17 percent reside and Mersin Province, where 12 percent reside. Not including Turkey this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Norway, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Canguven969/
Gangven8014/
Canegvn801/
Gangveni755/
Gangaven751/
Gangaveni7146/
Gangavean714/
Gangavene714/
Kanguveno711/
Cong Vien711/
Gangavenu711/
Cnagaveni711/
Canagavan711/
Kangvan673/
Kongven672/
Gangvan672/
Gangvin671/
Cokguven6315/
Sanghivin591/

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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 Cangüven
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