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 more in Jordan more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kananeh? popularity and diffusion
Kananeh is the 268,122nd most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 5,005,183 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kananeh reside; 96 percent reside in West Asia and 63 percent reside in Levant. Kananeh is also the 530,161st most frequently used forename on earth It is held by 280 people.
It is most frequent in Jordan, where it is held by 846 people, or 1 in 10,452. In Jordan Kananeh is primarily concentrated in: Zarqa Governorate, where 46 percent live, Irbid Governorate, where 43 percent live and Madaba Governorate, where 4 percent live. Barring Jordan Kananeh occurs 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 adherence of those bearing the Kananeh last name 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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