Kananeh Surname
Approximately 1,456 people bear this surname
Kananeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 846 | 1:10,452 | 1,910 |
| Yemen | 271 | 1:97,510 | 5,947 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Palestine | 73 | 1:62,313 | 5,695 |
| Iran | 51 | 1:1,505,540 | 59,762 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Kananeh (280) may also be a first name.
Kananeh Demographics
Kananeh Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Kananeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kananeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kananeh occurs most in Jordan. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kananeh.
How Common Is The Last Name Kananeh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 268,122nd most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 5,005,183 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Kananeh live; 96 percent live in West Asia and 63 percent live in Levant. Kananeh is also the 530,161st most frequently occurring given name at a global level It is held by 280 people.
Kananeh is most frequently used in Jordan, where it is held by 846 people, or 1 in 10,452. In Jordan it is most frequent in: Zarqa Governorate, where 46 percent live, Irbid Governorate, where 43 percent live and Madaba Governorate, where 4 percent live. Beside Jordan Kananeh exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 19 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 14 percent live.
Kananeh Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Shiite (50%) in Lebanon.
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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 Kananeh
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