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) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kaanan.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaanan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 904,049th most frequent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 24,703,545 people. The last name is predominantly found 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 numerous first name world-wide, held by 92 people.
The surname Kaanan is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 280 people, or 1 in 632,653. In Nigeria Kaanan is primarily found in: Benue, where 91 percent live, Nasarawa, where 6 percent live and Rivers, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found 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 bearing the Kaanan surname declined 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
- 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 Kaanan
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