Kanepe Surname
Approximately 462 people bear this surname
Kanepe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 379 | 1:5,409 | 755 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
The alternate forms: Kaņepe (9) are calculated separately.
Kanepe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanepe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanepe (Russian: Канепе) occurs in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Kaņepe. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanepe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 653,013th most commonly held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 15,773,909 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Kanepe are found; 88 percent are found in Northern Europe and 87 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
This surname is most widespread in Latvia, where it is borne by 379 people, or 1 in 5,409. In Latvia Kanepe is most frequent in: Riga Planning Region, where 57 percent live, Latgale, where 22 percent live and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 8 percent live. Excluding Latvia this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live and Estonia, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanepe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanepe in the Russian language | ||
| Канепе | kanepe | - |
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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 Kanepe
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