Kanakur Surname

745,450th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 386 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Kanakur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kanakur Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India3841:1,997,56668,572
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Kanakur (10) may also be a first name.

Kanakur Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kanakur (Oriya: କନକୁର) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanakur? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kanakur is the 745,450th most common last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 18,879,653 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Kanakur reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held given name worldwide, borne by 10 people.

The last name Kanakur is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 384 people, or 1 in 1,997,566. In India Kanakur is mostly found in: Karnataka, where 97 percent live, Gujarat, where 3 percent live and Telangana, where 0 percent live. Apart from India this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in China, where 0 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kanakure93182/
Kanakour9347/
Kanakhur931/
Kannakur931/
Khanakure88426/
Kanakhure881/
Kanakor8667/
Khanakhure82158/
Konakure804/
Khanakor801/
Kanakkoor756/
Canakor711/
Canacur711/
Canacuire631/
Conacur5736/
Canacor571/
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Kanakur Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kanakur in the Oriya language
କନକୁରkanakura-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Kanakur
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