Kanakarakis Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Kanakarakis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanakarakis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece1261:87,93514,872
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Kanakarakis Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kanakarakis Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kanakarakis has its highest incidence in Greece. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanakarakis? popularity and diffusion

Kanakarakis is the 1,565,797th most common surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. Kanakarakis occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Kanakarakis are found; 96 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in Greece, where it is held by 126 people, or 1 in 87,935. In Greece Kanakarakis is primarily concentrated in: Crete, where 97 percent live and Attica, where 3 percent live. Other than Greece this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.

Kanakarakis Last Name Statistics demography

Kanakarakis earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year.

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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 Kanakarakis
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