Karkanis Surname

614,324th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 502 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Karkanis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karkanis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece4451:24,8983,712
Canada361:1,023,48976,466
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Karkanis Last Name Facts

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

The surname Karkanis occurs more in Greece more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Karkanis? popularity and diffusion

The last name Karkanis is the 614,324th most widespread last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 14,517,024 people. The surname Karkanis occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Karkanis are found; 89 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 89 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

The last name Karkanis is most frequently held in Greece, where it is borne by 445 people, or 1 in 24,898. In Greece Karkanis is most numerous in: Attica, where 51 percent live, Central Greece, where 28 percent live and Crete, where 12 percent live. Not including Greece this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Karkanis Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Karkanis earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 35.43% more than the national average, earning $58,438 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.66% more than the national average, earning $54,980 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 Karkanis
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