Qanas Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Qanas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Qanas (914) may also be a first name.
Qanas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Qanas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Qanas (Arabic: قناص) occurs in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Qanas click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Qanas? popularity and diffusion
Qanas is the 4,908,606th most common family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Qanas are found; 56 percent are found in North Africa and 56 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Qanas is also the 268,173rd most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 914 people.
The surname Qanas is most widely held in Egypt, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 10,215,084. Apart from Egypt this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Yemen, where 13 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Qanas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Qanas in the Arabic language | ||
| قناص | qnas | - |
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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 Qanas
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