Kanep Surname

1,272,314th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 180 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Estonia

Kanep Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanep Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia671:2,151,090130,958
Estonia581:22,7904,104
Indonesia231:5,749,965259,967
Turkey131:5,986,263116,031
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Kanep (113) may also be a first name.

Kanep Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kanep (Russian: Канеп) is found in Russia more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kanep.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanep? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,272,314th most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 40,486,366 people. The last name Kanep occurs predominantly in Asia, where 49 percent of Kanep reside; 34 percent reside in Northern Europe and 33 percent reside in Baltic Europe. Kanep is also the 881,625th most commonly held forename in the world, borne by 113 people.

This surname is most frequent in Russia, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 2,151,090. In Russia Kanep is most frequent in: Zabaykalsky Krai, where 66 percent are found, Tomsk Oblast, where 7 percent are found and Novosibirsk Oblast, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Russia this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Estonia, where 32 percent are found and Indonesia, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kanepe91462/
Kaneps91278/
Kangep9111/
Kainep916/
Kaynep914/
Kannep914/
Khanep911/
Kaanepp833/
Kanip80306/
Kaneb80182/
Kenep8059/
Konep808/
Canep800/
Kanipe731,516/
Kenepp73252/
Kaaneb73243/
Khanip7371/
Caneup7326/
Kangip7321/
Kaņepe739/
Canepe735/
Khaneb735/
Quanep734/
Kainip734/
Kaanev734/
Kongep734/
Kaniph732/
Kaineb731/
Kannip731/
Kaņeps731/
Konepe731/
Canedp731/
Kaneav731/
Kanyop731/
Kanneb731/
Kanheb731/
Kanhev731/
Kaneiv731/
Cannep731/
Canepp731/
Catnep730/
Keneep730/
Canepf730/
Kanips730/
Keneip730/
Kanhhp730/
Keneipp67423/
Khaneev67217/
Kanippe677/
Khaneeb672/
Canettp671/
Kannipe671/
Khaniph671/
Koenepp670/
Keniepp670/

Kanep Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kanep in the Russian language
Канепkanep-

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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 Kanep
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