Kanaan is used as a family name or surname in Syria. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kanaan
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Syria
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Kanaan

How popular is Kanaan?

Kanaan is common in Syria.

Kanaan is ranked 10088 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Kanaans grew by 48.75622 per cent to 598 since 2000 and ranked 37288 after elevating 11871 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.13 86.82
Others 6.52 7.21
Kanaan is quite popular family name mostly used in Syria while Lebanon is ahead in terms of density. Around 53217 people have been found who wears Kanaan as their family name. Kanaan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
33,253 New Zealand9
918,840 India5
8,993 Tunisia3
1,922 Libya3
723,167 Indonesia2
40,064 Nigeria2
12,172 Ghana2
20,837 Venezuela2
31,767 Greece2
19,046 Ireland2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
54,135 Philippines2
28,083 Romania2
24,766 Scotland2
2,037 Cayman Islands1
25,746 Finland1
17,768 Pakistan1
6,149 Ethiopia1
13,606 Senegal1
16,228 Bulgaria1
37,493 Austria1
6,820 Angola1
28,746 Algeria1
36,678 Singapore1
56,169 Mexico1
1,572 Macau1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
1,005 The Gambia1
2,309 Monaco1
29,595 Iran1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
3,952 Yemen1
47,891 Norway1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
205,048 Russia43
98,632 Ukraine42
28,564 Switzerland36
53,193 Spain35
4,169 Cyprus26
62,494 Netherlands22
52,530 Belgium22
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
50,444 Argentina90
12,007 Chile72
85,668 Italy56
Countries with hundreds of Kanaan:
14,931 Brazil890
36,507 United States779
431 Kuwait766
13,698 France686
16,171 Germany639
14,898 Morocco336
18,911 Turkey314
12,682 Canada302
833 Qatar282
22,078 England231
13,353 Australia204
2,626 Oman186
6,229 Israel177
13,194 Malaysia126
8,002 Sweden116
1,401 Bahrain110
Countries with thousands of Kanaan:
67 Lebanon9,055
506 Iraq7,976
134 Jordan5,302
1,082 Saudi Arabia3,271
3,957 Egypt1,839
679 United Arab Emirates1,475
Countries with ten thousands of Kanaan:
132 Syria17,637
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Kanaan Namesakes

  • Leila Kanaan, Director
  • Tony Kanaan, Racing driver
  • Tony Kanaan, Racing driver
  • Tony Kanaan, Racing driver
  • Leila Kanaan, Director
  • Tony Kanaan, Racing driver
  • Tony Kanaan, Racing driver
  • Tony Kanaan, Racing driver
  • Tony Kanaan, Racing driver
  • Ali Kanaan, Basketball Player
  • In 2014, Isabel Kanaan characterized the role of Belle in comedy and drama flick Doghouse.

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