Cankara Surname
Approximately 2,279 people bear this surname
Cankara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 2,032 | 1:38,298 | 4,005 |
| Uganda | 179 | 1:218,097 | 17,007 |
| Northern Cyprus | 44 | 1:7,250 | 1,694 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Cankara (1,177) may also be a first name.
Cankara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cankara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cankara is found most frequently in Turkey. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Cankara click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cankara? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cankara is the 185,898th most widely held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 3,197,695 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 84 percent of Cankara are found; 83 percent are found in West Asia and 83 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Cankara is also the 231,359th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,177 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is held by 2,032 people, or 1 in 38,298. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Elazig Province, where 16 percent live, Antalya Province, where 13 percent live and Istanbul Province, where 9 percent live. Outside of Turkey Cankara is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 8 percent live and Northern Cyprus, where 2 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 Cankara
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