Cankja Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Cankja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 54 | 1:53,964 | 6,888 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
Cankja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cankja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cankja is found in Albania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cankja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,352,516th most common family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Cankja live; 82 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 82 percent live in Albano-Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in Albania, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 53,964. In Albania it is most frequent in: Elbasan County, where 59 percent live, Durrës County, where 20 percent live and Tirana County, where 17 percent live. Beside Albania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chankija | 86 | 7 | / |
| Sankja | 83 | 6 | / |
| Cankca | 83 | 1 | / |
| Changkija | 80 | 91 | / |
| Chankya | 77 | 24 | / |
| Chankji | 77 | 1 | / |
| Canksay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chankeao | 71 | 3 | / |
| Cahngjai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kankia | 67 | 1,027 | / |
| Kankya | 67 | 470 | / |
| Zankia | 67 | 389 | / |
| Sankya | 67 | 204 | / |
| Sankia | 67 | 179 | / |
| Sancja | 67 | 18 | / |
| Jangja | 67 | 17 | / |
| Sankxa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Changkeha | 67 | 7 | / |
| Cangca | 67 | 4 | / |
| Zankya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Chankheao | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jonkja | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kangja | 67 | 3 | / |
| Camcja | 67 | 2 | / |
| Canqueija | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cheangjai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cheangjea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cankaaiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kankea | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Cankja
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