Kanelas Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Kanelas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanelas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece941:117,87019,800
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Kañelas (1) are calculated separately.

Kanelas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kanelas occurs more in Greece more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Kañelas. For other possible spellings of Kanelas click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanelas? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kanelas is the 1,817,111th most prevalent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Kanelas are found; 91 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 91 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

This last name is most widespread in Greece, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 117,870. In Greece Kanelas is most frequent in: Thessaly, where 95 percent live, East Macedonia and Thrace, where 4 percent live and Attica, where 1 percent live. Barring Greece it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.

Kanelas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kanelas has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Kanelas
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis