Kaanan Surname
Approximately 295 people bear this surname
Kaanan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 280 | 1:632,653 | 29,888 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Kaanan (92) may also be a first name.
Kaanan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaanan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kaanan (Marathi: कानन) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaanan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 904,049th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 24,703,545 people. Kaanan occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Kaanan reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 992,070th most widespread given name world-wide It is held by 92 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 280 people, or 1 in 632,653. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 91 percent live, Nasarawa, where 6 percent live and Rivers, where 2 percent live. Besides Nigeria Kaanan exists in 10 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live.
Kaanan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kaanan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kaanan last name contracted 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaanan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaanan in the Marathi language | ||
| कानन | kanana | - |
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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 Kaanan
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