Kanakakis Surname
Approximately 368 people bear this surname
Kanakakis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 354 | 1:31,299 | 4,854 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Kanakakis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanakakis Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanakakis occurs in Greece more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Kanakakis click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanakakis? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 772,238th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 19,803,114 people. The last name Kanakakis is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Kanakakis are found; 96 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.
The surname is most numerous in Greece, where it is borne by 354 people, or 1 in 31,299. In Greece it is most frequent in: Attica, where 58 percent reside, Crete, where 34 percent reside and Central Macedonia, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Greece this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kannakakis | 95 | 1 | / |
| Kanakaki | 94 | 212 | / |
| Gkanakaki | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kanakoki | 82 | 3 | / |
| Kanakake | 82 | 2 | / |
| Kanakakka | 78 | 5 | / |
| Kanakachi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Canacakis | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kanacauski | 74 | 1 | / |
| Canakaka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kohhnakhaki | 70 | 2 | / |
| Kanakoqui | 67 | 60 | / |
| Kanakache | 67 | 4 | / |
| Canokaka | 59 | 1 | / |
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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 Kanakakis
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