Ankai Surname
Approximately 108 people bear this surname
Ankai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 64 | 1:324,517 | 29,689 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 11 | 1:123,998 | 7,543 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
The alternate forms: Ankaï (1) are calculated separately.
Ankai (186) may also be a first name.
Ankai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ankai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ankai (Hindi: अंकिता, Marathi: अंकाई) is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Ankaï. Click here for other potential spellings of Ankai.
How Common Is The Last Name Ankai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,765,740th most commonly used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. Ankai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Ankai live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Chadic Africa. Ankai is also the 667,122nd most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 186 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 324,517. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 97 percent reside, East Region, where 2 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 2 percent reside. Other than Cameroon Ankai is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Trinidad and Tobago, where 10 percent reside and Nigeria, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ankai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ankai in the Marathi language | ||
| अंकाई | anka'i | - |
| Ankai in the Hindi language | ||
| अंकिता | ankita | 50 |
| अंकित | ankita | 50 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ankai
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