Kanakan Surname
Approximately 4,154 people bear this surname
Kanakan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 3,877 | 1:26,113 | 3,555 |
| India | 145 | 1:5,290,106 | 129,949 |
| Turkey | 88 | 1:884,334 | 41,843 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Kanakan (1,474) may also be a first name.
Kanakan Demographics
Average Kanakan Salary in
United States
$126,042 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kanakan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanakan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanakan (Bengali: কনকন, Hindi: कनकां, Marathi: कनाकन, Oriya: କନକଣ, Russian: Канакан) is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanakan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanakan is the 111,704th most numerous family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,754,344 people. The last name Kanakan is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Kanakan live; 94 percent live in Southeast Asia and 54 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 202,756th most frequently used given name globally, held by 1,474 people.
It is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 3,877 people, or 1 in 26,113. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 57 percent are found, Soccsksargen, where 38 percent are found and National Capital Region, where 3 percent are found. Not including The Philippines Kanakan exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent are found and Turkey, where 2 percent are found.
Kanakan Last Name Statistics demography
Kanakan earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 192.11% more than the national average, earning $126,042 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanakan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanakan in the Oriya language | ||
| କନକଣ | kanakana | - |
| Kanakan in the Bengali language | ||
| কনকন | kanakana | 85.71 |
| কঙকন | kanakana | 14.29 |
| Kanakan in the Hindi language | ||
| कनकां | kanakam | 72.22 |
| कनकन | kanakana | 19.44 |
| कनकं | kanakam | 2.78 |
| कनकान | kanakana | 1.39 |
| कानकां | kanakam | 1.39 |
| कनाकन | kanakana | 1.39 |
| कणकां | kanakam | 1.39 |
| Kanakan in the Marathi language | ||
| कनाकन | kanakana | 58.33 |
| कणाकण | kanakana | 16.67 |
| कणकण | kanakana | 11.11 |
| कणाकाण | kanakana | 8.33 |
| कनाकनान | kanakanana | 5.56 |
| Kanakan in the Russian language | ||
| Канакан | kanakan | - |
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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 Kanakan
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