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 last name Kanepe (Russian: Канепе) is held by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Kaņepe. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanepe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanepe is the 653,013th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 15,773,909 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Kanepe reside; 88 percent reside in Northern Europe and 87 percent reside in Baltic Europe.
It is most commonly held 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 are found, Latgale, where 22 percent are found and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Latvia this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found and Estonia, where 5 percent are found.
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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