Kanets Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Kanets Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
Kanets Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanets Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanets (Russian: Канец) is most common in Ukraine. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kanets click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanets? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanets is the 6,723,624th most commonly used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. Kanets occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Kanets live; 88 percent live in Eastern Europe and 88 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
This last name is most frequent in Ukraine, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 9,104,539. In Ukraine it is primarily concentrated in: Lviv Oblast, where 40 percent are found, Kiev Oblast, where 20 percent are found and Volyn Oblast, where 20 percent are found. Without taking into account Ukraine this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 25 percent are found and Lesotho, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanets Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanets in the Russian language | ||
| Канец | kanec | - |
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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
- 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 Kanets
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