Kanan is used as a family name or surname in India. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kanan
No. of characters: 5
Origin: India
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Kanan

How popular is Kanan?

Kanan is common in India.

Kanan is ranked 25537 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Kanans grew by 34.57249 per cent to 724 since 2000 and ranked 31873 after elevating 6771 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 86.33 73.61
Others 6.35 16.73
Hispanic or Latino 5.39 4.83
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.38 4.09
Kanan is quite popular family name mostly used in Syria while Jordan is ahead in terms of density. Around 20031 people have been found who wears Kanan as their family name. Kanan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
244,758 Ukraine10
9,206 Trinidad and Tobago8
38,459 New Zealand7
20,929 Azerbaijan7
103,755 Czech Republic5
11,802 Egypt4
8,296 Sri Lanka3
14,126 Colombia3
91,784 Netherlands2
4,744 Macedonia2
40,064 Nigeria2
28,232 Morocco2
95,312 Argentina2
3,437 Sudan2
23,858 Iran2
16,640 Hong Kong1
13,606 Senegal1
9,498 Iceland1
38,841 Scotland1
17,236 Ghana1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
2,211 Brunei1
91,024 Belgium1
1,542 Andorra1
14,618 Guyana1
50,549 Georgia1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
77,122 Sweden1
66,560 Philippines1
11,510 Oman1
47,891 Norway1
13,447 Uganda1
29,774 Venezuela1
18,969 Wales1
17,575 Kuwait1
29,046 Japan1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
28,746 Algeria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
42,427 Australia48
63,701 Canada46
15,412 Denmark34
70,042 Kazakhstan29
269,016 Russia29
36,547 Switzerland27
94,038 Spain11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,365 Lebanon84
12,775 Israel82
3,256 Qatar78
56,298 England65
4,855 Singapore65
Countries with hundreds of Kanan:
2,676 Malaysia961
6,302 Mexico890
3,913 Saudi Arabia885
9,871 Turkey769
38,250 United States736
4,770 United Arab Emirates206
64,630 Brazil143
71,225 Germany134
31,052 Tanzania122
Countries with thousands of Kanan:
884 Syria3,821
3,120 Bangladesh2,750
1,890 Iraq2,279
414 Jordan2,250
7,079 Indonesia1,900
26,286 India1,454
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Kanan Namesakes

  • Arvin Kananian, Actor
  • Malabika Kanan, Vocalist
  • Eric Idriss Kanango, Film producer
  • Jai Kanani, Actor
  • Malabika Kanan, Vocalist
  • Muhamad Kanan, Politician
  • Sayeed Hassan Kanan, Soccer player
  • Sean Kanan, Actor
  • Seri Otak Kanan, Author
  • Muhamad Kanan, Politician

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