Kanake Surname
Approximately 8,116 people bear this surname
Kanake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 6,437 | 1:119,165 | 7,731 |
| Kenya | 1,379 | 1:33,488 | 3,645 |
| Japan | 176 | 1:726,388 | 17,323 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kanake (413) may also be a first name.
Kanake Demographics
Kanake Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kanake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanake Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanake (Marathi: कनाके, Oriya: କନେକ) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kanake.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanake? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 61,917th most frequently held last name globally, held by around 1 in 897,923 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 81 percent of Kanake are found; 79 percent are found in South Asia and 79 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Kanake is also the 423,230th most commonly used forename world-wide, borne by 413 people.
The surname Kanake is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 6,437 people, or 1 in 119,165. In India Kanake is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 95 percent reside, Karnataka, where 2 percent reside and Telangana, where 1 percent reside. Apart from India it occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 17 percent reside and Japan, where 2 percent reside.
Kanake Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Kanake earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.44% more than the national average, earning $48,518 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanake Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanake in the Oriya language | ||
| କନେକ | kaneka | - |
| Kanake in the Marathi language | ||
| कनाके | kanake | 72.06 |
| कनके | kanake | 24.24 |
| कणके | kanake | 0.68 |
| कानके | kanake | 0.32 |
| कणाके | kanake | 0.3 |
| कानाके | kanake | 0.23 |
| मािणक | mainaka | 0.06 |
| मानकु | manaku | 0.06 |
| िकनाके | ikanake | 0.06 |
| काणके | kanake | 0.06 |
| क़नाके | qanake | 0.04 |
| िनकेश | inakesa | 0.04 |
| अनाके | anake | 0.02 |
| कॅनाके | kenake | 0.02 |
| क़नके | qanake | 0.02 |
| िकवाके | ikavake | 0.02 |
| कनाळे | kanale | 0.02 |
| माणकु | manaku | 0.02 |
| क़णके | qanake | 0.02 |
| पंजक | panjaka | 0.02 |
| कनकीे | kanakie | 0.02 |
| िनाके | inake | 0.02 |
| कळाके | kalake | 0.02 |
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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 Kanake
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