Kanisek Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Kanisek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanisek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia761:55,64010,530
Austria141:608,24554,975
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Australia31:8,998,567200,784

Kanisek Last Name Facts

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

Kanisek is found most in Croatia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanisek? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kanisek is the 1,775,494th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 84 percent of Kanisek reside; 71 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 71 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Croatia, where it is borne by 76 people, or 1 in 55,640. In Croatia Kanisek is most numerous in: Osijek-Baranja County, where 67 percent live, Požega-Slavonia County, where 12 percent live and City of Zagreb, where 7 percent live. Aside from Croatia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 13 percent live and Canada, where 13 percent live.

Kanisek Last Name Statistics demography

Kanisek earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 11.91% more than the national average, earning $55,600 CAD per year.

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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 Kanisek
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