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 is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible 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 held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Cankani occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Cankani live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa Cankani is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 100 percent live. Apart from South Africa Cankani occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs 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
- 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 Cankani
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