Kanavos Surname

354,857th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,025 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Kanavos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanavos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece7971:13,9021,892
United States1691:2,144,727135,635
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
England31:18,572,686338,250
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Kanavos Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kanavos is found in Greece more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanavos? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 354,857th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,109,801 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 78 percent of Kanavos live; 78 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 78 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Greece, where it is carried by 797 people, or 1 in 13,902. In Greece Kanavos is most frequent in: Attica, where 49 percent live, Peloponnese, where 20 percent live and Thessaly, where 18 percent live. Other than Greece this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Kanavos Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kanavos last name are 10.66% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 63.89% registered with the party.

The amount Kanavos earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 45.29% less than the national average, earning R 130,008 per year; in United States they earn 17.69% more than the national average, earning $50,783 USD per year and in Canada they earn 46.84% more than the national average, earning $72,957 CAD per year.

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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 Kanavos
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