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) occurs most in The Philippines. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanacan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 966,131st most frequently occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 27,091,249 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kanacan reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 91 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Kanacan is also the 573,164th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 243 people.
The surname Kanacan is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 268 people, or 1 in 377,755. In The Philippines Kanacan is most frequent in: Soccsksargen, where 82 percent reside, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 9 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 5 percent reside. Apart from The Philippines it exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 0 percent reside.
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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