Kanalan Surname

1,478,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 143 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Kanalan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanalan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1271:612,76732,803
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Kanalan Last Name Facts

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

Kanalan occurs in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kanalan.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanalan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,478,479th most commonly held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 65 percent of Kanalan reside; 63 percent reside in West Asia and 62 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

It is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 612,767. In Turkey Kanalan is mostly concentrated in: Gaziantep Province, where 25 percent are found, Istanbul Province, where 20 percent are found and Sanliurfa Province, where 18 percent are found. Outside of Turkey it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 5 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found.

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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 Kanalan
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