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
The last name Kanakakis is found in Greece more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanakakis? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 772,238th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 19,803,114 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Kanakakis reside; 96 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.
The surname is most prevalent in Greece, where it is borne by 354 people, or 1 in 31,299. In Greece it is mostly found in: Attica, where 58 percent live, Crete, where 34 percent live and Central Macedonia, where 5 percent live. Beside Greece this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
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
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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 Kanakakis
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