Cankan Surname
Approximately 276 people bear this surname
Cankan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 238 | 1:326,981 | 20,972 |
| Northern Cyprus | 24 | 1:13,292 | 3,416 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Cankan (594) may also be a first name.
Cankan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cankan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cankan is found in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Cankan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cankan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cankan is the 948,111th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,404,152 people. The surname Cankan is mostly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Cankan are found; 65 percent are found in West Asia and 65 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 343,155th most frequently used given name at a global level, held by 594 people.
Cankan is most widespread in Turkey, where it is carried by 238 people, or 1 in 326,981. In Turkey Cankan is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 29 percent reside, Burdur Province, where 20 percent reside and Kocaeli Province, where 17 percent reside. Outside of Turkey this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 9 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Cankan
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