Kanakappan Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Kanakappan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Kanakappan (230) may also be a first name.
Kanakappan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanakappan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanakappan (Marathi: कनक) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanakappan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,213,395th most prevalent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Kanakappan reside; 64 percent reside in South Asia and 64 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 591,855th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 230 people.
The surname Kanakappan is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 85,229,487. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 56 percent are found and Kerala, where 44 percent are found. Beside India Kanakappan is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 29 percent are found and Sweden, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kankappan | 95 | 2 | / |
| Kanakapan | 95 | 2 | / |
| Kanukappan | 90 | 1 | / |
| Khanagappan | 86 | 9 | / |
| Kangappan | 84 | 1 | / |
| Kankpan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kangapan | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kanokpan | 78 | 1 | / |
| Konkapan | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kanakaben | 74 | 329 | / |
| Kinakapon | 74 | 54 | / |
| Kuncappan | 74 | 3 | / |
| Konakpann | 74 | 2 | / |
| Kongappan | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kankabuan | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kon Akpan | 74 | 1 | / |
| Gangappan | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kankabian | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kankpon | 71 | 165 | / |
| Gankpan | 71 | 58 | / |
| Kankpen | 71 | 7 | / |
| Kangpan | 71 | 6 | / |
| Konkpan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kinkpan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cankaaiyappan | 70 | 1 | / |
| Kangabaana | 70 | 1 | / |
| Kanakaboina | 67 | 148 | / |
| Kankaben | 67 | 20 | / |
| Kwangpan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kunchiappan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kuangpan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cancapan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kankabon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanokpun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanokpon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kankpine | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kounkpan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanakben | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kunkapna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanakaboini | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khangpan | 67 | 1 | / |
Kanakappan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanakappan in the Marathi language | ||
| कनक | kanaka | - |
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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 Kanakappan
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