Kanacan Surname
Approximately 269 people bear this surname
Kanacan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 268 | 1:377,755 | 49,476 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Kanacan (243) may also be a first name.
Kanacan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanacan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanacan (Marathi: कांचन) has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanacan? popularity and diffusion
Kanacan is the 966,131st most numerous last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 27,091,249 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Kanacan reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 91 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 573,164th most commonly used given name in the world It is held by 243 people.
The surname is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 268 people, or 1 in 377,755. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Soccsksargen, where 82 percent are found, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 9 percent are found and National Capital Region, where 5 percent are found. Beside The Philippines it occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanacan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanacan in the Marathi language | ||
| कांचन | kancana | - |
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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 Kanacan
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