Ankani Surname

204,371st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,033 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Ankani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ankani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1,9771:387,99520,668
Qatar341:69,3536,725
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ankani (156) may also be a first name.

Ankani Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ankani Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ankani (Bengali: অঙ্কনী, Hindi: अंकनी, Marathi: नानकानी) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ankani? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 204,371st most frequent family name globally, borne by around 1 in 3,584,627 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Ankani reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 735,679th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 156 people.

The surname is most widespread in India, where it is held by 1,977 people, or 1 in 387,995. In India it is primarily found in: Andhra Pradesh, where 82 percent reside, Telangana, where 17 percent reside and Karnataka, where 0 percent reside. Apart from India it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 2 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ankani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ankani in the Bengali language
অঙ্কনীankani-
Ankani in the Hindi language
अंकनीankani-
Ankani in the Marathi language
नानकानीnanakani66.67
अंकनीankani33.33

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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
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  • 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 Ankani
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