Karkanas Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Karkanas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 43 | 1:257,670 | 38,951 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
Karkanas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karkanas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karkanas is more frequently found in Greece than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karkanas? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,635,433rd most prevalent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. Karkanas is predominantly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Karkanas reside; 80 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 80 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.
This last name is most prevalent in Greece, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 257,670. In Greece it is most numerous in: Central Greece, where 65 percent live and Attica, where 35 percent live. Outside of Greece it is found in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karkana | 93 | 182 | / |
| Gkargkanas | 89 | 5 | / |
| Karkhana | 88 | 20 | / |
| Karkenas | 88 | 9 | / |
| Karkanna | 88 | 4 | / |
| Korkanas | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kkarkana | 88 | 1 | / |
| Karkonas | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kharkana | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kharkanah | 82 | 17 | / |
| Kairekana | 82 | 9 | / |
| Gkargkana | 82 | 5 | / |
| Kharkhana | 82 | 5 | / |
| Karcana | 80 | 17 | / |
| Karkano | 80 | 13 | / |
| Korkana | 80 | 11 | / |
| Khairkhana | 78 | 1 | / |
| Karkonos | 75 | 6 | / |
| Carcanas | 75 | 3 | / |
| Carkanat | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kkarcana | 75 | 1 | / |
| Korkoneas | 71 | 21 | / |
| Kaarkoona | 71 | 5 | / |
| Karkhanei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Qarkhanaz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Carcana | 67 | 79 | / |
| Kourkounas | 67 | 40 | / |
| Karcano | 67 | 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 Karkanas
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