Family name Kanako (Kanako 
, カナコ , Канако 
) , globally, is a common last name. The surname Kanako is habitual in Japan, where it is quite a common surname, India, where it is a very rare surname, and China, where it is an extremely rare surname. Very seldom, Kanako is the forename as well as the last name.
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