Cankani Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Cankani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Cankani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cankani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cankani occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cankani? popularity and diffusion
Cankani is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Cankani reside; 75 percent reside in Southern Africa and 75 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Cankani is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 100 percent live. Outside of South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 13 percent live and India, where 13 percent live.
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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 Cankani
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