Surname الكناني (الكناني 
) , globally, is a widespread family name. The family name الكناني is characteristic of Iraq, where it is a common surname, Sudan, where it is quite a common surname, and Saudi Arabia. Much less frequently, الكناني is the forename as well as the last name.
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| الكناني | Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt, Iraq |
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عمرو بن هشام بن المغيرة المخزومي القرشي الكناني Meccan polytheist pagan Qurayshi leader (c.570–624), SA (b. 570) |
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| ابن أبي الفرج الكناني Sicilian Arabic linguist, IT (b. 1036) |
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| مُحمَّد بن أحمد بن جُبير بن سعيد الأندلسي الكناني Arab traveller and geographer, ES (b. 1145) |
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| سامي عبد العزيز سالم الليثي الكناني Citizen of Egypt; held in the United States Guantanamo Bay, Cuba detention camps, EG (b. 1956) |
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| عبد المجيد الكناني Saudi Arabian actor, SA (b. 1986) |
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| غالب بن عبد الله الكناني SA |
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| مالك بن الحويرث الليثي الكناني IQ |
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