Kanovnik Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Kanovnik Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanovnik Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia251:99,50711,584
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

The alternate forms: Kanovník (3) are calculated separately.

Kanovnik Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kanovnik is carried by more people in Slovenia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Kanovník. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanovnik? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,373,373rd most frequent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. Kanovnik occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Kanovnik are found; 82 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 82 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Kanovnik is most prevalent in Slovenia, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 99,507. In Slovenia it is most numerous in: Carinthia, where 92 percent live, Central Slovenia, where 4 percent live and Savinja, where 4 percent live. Barring Slovenia Kanovnik occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 15 percent live and Croatia, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kanovník963/
Kanownik88391/
Kanfonik8810/
Konevnik759/
Konownik751/
Kanovníková749/
Konovnikova741/
Konovenko7154/
Kanfong67283/
Kanvong6734/
Ganvnuk6714/
Konovanyuk671/
Khanouvong671/
Konevnyk631/

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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 Kanovnik
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