Kakakar Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Canada

Kakakar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kakakar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India371:20,731,497300,213
Canada31:12,281,864364,614

Kakakar (11) may also be a first name.

Kakakar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kakakar (Marathi: कककर, Oriya: କକକର) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kakakar? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kakakar is the 3,100,440th most prevalent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Kakakar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Kakakar live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 93 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Kakakar is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 11 people.

This surname is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 20,731,497. In India it is most prevalent in: Gujarat, where 43 percent live, Bihar, where 27 percent live and Maharashtra, where 19 percent live. Beside India Kakakar is found in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kakakar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kakakar in the Oriya language
କକକରkakakara-
Kakakar in the Marathi language
कककरkakakara80
कांटकरkantakara20

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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 Kakakar
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