Last name Cankar (Cankar 
) , worldwide, is a common surname. The surname Cankar is characteristic of Slovenia, where it is quite a common surname, North Macedonia, where it is a rare surname, and India. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in India, Slovenia, and Turkey. More frequently, Cankar is the forename as well as the last name.
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ivan cankar Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist (1876-1918), SI (b. 1876) |
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karel cankar SI (b. 1877) |
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| franc cankar RS (b. 1898) |
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| franc cankar SI (b. 1949) |
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| lučka cankar Slovenian canoeist, SI (b. 1972) |
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| ksenija cankar SI (b. 1965) |
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| gregor cankar Slovenian long jumper, SI (b. 1975) |
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| živa cankar SI (b. 1969) |
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| ksenija cankar researcher (ORCID 0000-0001-5249-7694) |
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| katarina cankar researcher (ORCID 0000-0001-5149-4192) |
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| katarina cankar SI (b. 1977) |
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| gabrijela cankar SI |
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| žan cankar Slovenian footballer, SI (b. 1990) |
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| gašper cankar SI |
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| stanislava cankar SI |
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