Gkanis Surname
Approximately 351 people bear this surname
Gkanis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 350 | 1:31,657 | 4,916 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Gkanis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gkanis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gkanis is carried by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gkanis? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gkanis is the 799,576th most numerous last name internationally, held by around 1 in 20,762,239 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gkanis reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.
The last name is most numerous in Greece, where it is borne by 350 people, or 1 in 31,657. In Greece it is primarily concentrated in: Attica, where 32 percent reside, Central Greece, where 26 percent reside and Central Macedonia, where 19 percent reside. Apart from Greece this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 0 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
- 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 Gkanis
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