Kanaon Surname
Approximately 278 people bear this surname
Kanaon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 260 | 1:70,585 | 2,670 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kanaon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanaon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanaon is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanaon? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 942,947th most frequently held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 26,214,194 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Kanaon are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 260 people, or 1 in 70,585. In Burkina Faso Kanaon is most common in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 66 percent live, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 19 percent live and Cascades Region, where 7 percent live. Not including Burkina Faso this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanayon | 92 | 6 | / |
| Kanaong | 92 | 3 | / |
| Khanaon | 92 | 3 | / |
| Kanahon | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kanaoun | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kanaonn | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kagnaon | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kangnaon | 86 | 34 | / |
| Kanahong | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kanhajon | 86 | 1 | / |
| Canaon | 83 | 38 | / |
| Kanoan | 83 | 26 | / |
| Katnahong | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khanoan | 77 | 10,355 | / |
| Canayon | 77 | 968 | / |
| Khenaon | 77 | 247 | / |
| Kanouan | 77 | 184 | / |
| Kanoane | 77 | 82 | / |
| Kanohon | 77 | 38 | / |
| Kongaon | 77 | 17 | / |
| Koenaon | 77 | 3 | / |
| Kanauan | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kaneyon | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kanouon | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kanohan | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kanaoum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kanoaan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Canaone | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khanaom | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kenahon | 77 | 0 | / |
| Khatnahong | 75 | 8 | / |
| Khanajhone | 75 | 3 | / |
| Khanoane | 71 | 12 | / |
| Kanajyan | 71 | 7 | / |
| Kaenouan | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kahanoan | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kanohang | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kamnahom | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kanajian | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kannouan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kounayon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khongaon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Caunayon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khangoan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Caunaoin | 71 | 0 | / |
| Kannaiyan | 67 | 766 | / |
| Canoan | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kanajiang | 67 | 3 | / |
| Khamnahom | 67 | 2 | / |
| Qanoan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kannahung | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kahanouan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kannayyan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanaujian | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaunaiyan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khannahom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Casneaont | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kanaon
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