Kakanov Surname

775,315th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 366 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Georgia

Kakanov Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kakanov Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia2671:539,78748,881
Kyrgyzstan351:170,64717,707
Kazakhstan321:552,57839,450
Georgia241:156,06410,700
Ukraine71:6,503,242257,739
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770

Kakanov Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kakanov (Georgian: კაკანოვი, Russian: Каканов) has its highest incidence in Russia. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kakanov? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 775,315th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 19,911,328 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 79 percent of Kakanov live; 54 percent live in North Asia and 54 percent live in Slavic North Asia.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Russia, where it is carried by 267 people, or 1 in 539,787. In Russia Kakanov is primarily concentrated in: Tyumen Oblast, where 43 percent reside, Kurgan Oblast, where 18 percent reside and Orenburg Oblast, where 6 percent reside. Not including Russia Kakanov occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Kyrgyzstan, where 10 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 9 percent reside.

Kakanov Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (94%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Kakanov last name are 22.8% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 69.57% being registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kakanov Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kakanov in the Georgian language
კაკანოვიkakanovi95.24
კაკანოვkakanov4.76
Kakanov in the Russian language
Какановkakanov-

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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 Kakanov
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