Kakanyan Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Armenia
Highest density in:
Armenia

Kakanyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kakanyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Armenia361:81,3943,182
Georgia141:267,53913,476
Russia81:18,015,382436,635

Kakanyan Last Name Facts

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

Kakanyan (Georgian: კაკანიანი, Russian: Каканян) is more frequently found in Armenia than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kakanyan.

How Common Is The Last Name Kakanyan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,530,696th most common last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name Kakanyan occurs mostly in Asia, where 86 percent of Kakanyan are found; 86 percent are found in West Asia and 62 percent are found in Armeno-West Asia.

The surname Kakanyan is most frequently occurring in Armenia, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 81,394. In Armenia Kakanyan is mostly found in: Aragatsotn Province, where 69 percent live and Yerevan, where 31 percent live. Barring Armenia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Georgia, where 24 percent live and Russia, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kakanyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kakanyan in the Georgian language
კაკანიანიkakaniani90.91
კაკანიანkakanian9.09
Kakanyan in the Russian language
Каканянkakanan-

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Footnotes

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