Kankanen Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Kankanen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 26 | 1:211,412 | 17,592 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
Kankanen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kankanen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kankanen occurs most in Finland. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankanen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,432,070th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 82 percent of Kankanen reside; 79 percent reside in Northern Europe and 79 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname is most numerous in Finland, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 211,412. In Finland Kankanen is most frequent in: Kymenlaakso, where 50 percent are found, Uusimaa, where 19 percent are found and Southwest Finland, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Finland Kankanen exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 12 percent are found and Thailand, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kankainen | 94 | 906 | / |
| Kankaynen | 94 | 6 | / |
| Kankainene | 89 | 1 | / |
| Konkanen | 88 | 10 | / |
| Kankonen | 88 | 0 | / |
| Kankahainen | 84 | 13 | / |
| Kankkonen | 82 | 344 | / |
| Khonkanen | 82 | 7 | / |
| Konkonen | 75 | 5 | / |
| Kankonin | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kamkonen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Konkanyon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamkhaning | 67 | 1 | / |
| Concanen | 63 | 37 | / |
| Konkonin | 63 | 1 | / |
| Konkonnin | 59 | 2 | / |
| Concannen | 59 | 0 | / |
| Kounkounin | 56 | 1 | / |
| Khongkonyon | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Kankanen
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