Kanakaya Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Kanakaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Kanakaya (96) may also be a first name.
Kanakaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanakaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanakaya (Marathi: कनकाया, Oriya: କାନକାୟା) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanakaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kanakaya is the 3,665,662nd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Kanakaya are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 968,397th most common given name internationally. It is borne by 96 people.
The surname Kanakaya is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 29,502,515. In India Kanakaya is mostly concentrated in: Odisha, where 77 percent reside, Telangana, where 19 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account India this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanakaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanakaya in the Oriya language | ||
| କାନକାୟା | kanakaya | 81.82 |
| କାନାକାୟା | kanakaya | 13.64 |
| କାନକାୟ | kanakaya | 4.55 |
| Kanakaya in the Marathi language | ||
| कनकाया | kanakaya | 50 |
| कणकया | kanakaya | 25 |
| कानकाया | kanakaya | 25 |
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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 Kanakaya
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