Kanafani Surname
Approximately 1,652 people bear this surname
Kanafani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 477 | 1:64,687 | 9,689 |
| Lebanon | 368 | 1:15,318 | 2,070 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| United States | 129 | 1:2,809,759 | 166,838 |
| Bahrain | 103 | 1:13,093 | 2,472 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Syria | 62 | 1:311,307 | 4,547 |
| Jordan | 42 | 1:210,534 | 9,639 |
| England | 40 | 1:1,392,951 | 61,553 |
| Indonesia | 38 | 1:3,480,242 | 186,493 |
| Australia | 31 | 1:870,829 | 53,581 |
| Venezuela | 20 | 1:1,510,204 | 20,059 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Yemen | 8 | 1:3,303,162 | 16,088 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Palestine | 6 | 1:758,142 | 14,544 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
Kanafani (23) may also be a first name.
Kanafani Demographics
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Kanafani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanafani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanafani (Arabic: كنفاني) is carried by more people in Saudi Arabia than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanafani? popularity and diffusion
Kanafani is the 241,779th most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,411,347 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 74 percent of Kanafani reside; 71 percent reside in West Asia and 42 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 2,239,265th most widely held forename throughout the world, held by 23 people.
This last name is most widely held in Saudi Arabia, where it is carried by 477 people, or 1 in 64,687. Besides Saudi Arabia Kanafani occurs in 35 countries. It is also found in Lebanon, where 22 percent live and Egypt, where 9 percent live.
Kanafani Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kanafani surname is primarily Sunni (97%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Kanafani surname are 18.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 72% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kanafani earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 22.84% less than the national average, earning $33,293 USD per year and in Canada they earn 44.3% more than the national average, earning $71,695 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanafani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanafani in the Arabic language | ||
| كنفاني | knfany | - |
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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 Kanafani
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