Kananen Surname

205,021st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,025 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Kananen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kananen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland1,6341:3,364535
United States2511:1,444,05999,074
Sweden921:107,0307,712
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
England21:27,859,030389,889
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Kananen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kananen (Russian: Кананен) is found most frequently in Finland. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kananen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 205,021st most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 3,598,788 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Kananen are found; 86 percent are found in Northern Europe and 86 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name Kananen is most prevalent in Finland, where it is carried by 1,634 people, or 1 in 3,364. In Finland it is mostly found in: Central Finland, where 22 percent are found, Uusimaa, where 17 percent are found and Northern Ostrobothnia, where 16 percent are found. Aside from Finland this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent are found and Sweden, where 5 percent are found.

Kananen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Kananen are 16.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.41% registered with the political party.

The amount Kananen earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 22.02% less than the national average, earning 269,868 kr per year; in United States they earn 6.06% more than the national average, earning $45,765 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.78% less than the national average, earning $49,295 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kananen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kananen in the Russian language
Кананенkananen-

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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 Kananen
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