Family name كنان (Kanan 
, Kinan 
, كنان 
) , all around the world, is a common last name. The last name كنان is characteristic of Syria, where it is quite a common surname, Libya, and Sudan, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Indonesia, Syria, and Sudan. More prevalently, كنان is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Kanan | India, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Syria, Malaysia |
| Kinan | Iraq, India, Indonesia, Syria, Malaysia |
| كنان | Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Syria, Saudi Arabia |
| Knan | Bangladesh, Iraq, India, Syria, Malaysia |