Surname Канаев (Канаев 
, Kanaev 
, Kanayev 
) , across the world, is a common last name. The cognomen Канаев is characteristic of Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a common surname, Kazakhstan, where it is quite a rare surname, and Russia.
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| Канаев | Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Russia |
| Kanaev | Kazakhstan, Sweden, United States, Germany, Russia |
| Kanayev | Kazakhstan, United States, Ukraine, Lithuania, Russia |
| канаев, байтик 19th century Kyrgyz manap of the Solto tribe, KG (b. 1823) |
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| канаев, михаил денисович sculptor, RU (b. 1831) |
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алексей фёдорович канаев Russian aviator (1921–1997), RU (b. 1921) |
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| канаев, иван иванович biologist, RU (b. 1893) |
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| канаев, никита петрович Soviet philologist and educator, RU (b. 1907) |
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алексей валерианович канаев Russian politician, RU (b. 1971) |
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| канаев яков иванович Soviet university teacher (1925-2010), RU (b. 1925) |
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| канаев, леонид михайлович Soviet-Russian politician, RU (b. 1947) |
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| канаев, сергей владимирович Soviet and Russian politician, RU (b. 1967) |
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| канаев, михаил александрович Russian footballer, RU (b. 1989) |
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