Kancan Surname
Approximately 1,428 people bear this surname
Kancan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,200 | 1:639,221 | 30,314 |
| Turkey | 221 | 1:352,133 | 22,175 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kancan (49,073) may also be a first name.
Kancan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kancan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kancan (Hindi: कंचन, Marathi: कांचन) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kancan? popularity and diffusion
Kancan is the 272,520th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,103,323 people. The last name Kancan occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Kancan reside; 84 percent reside in South Asia and 84 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 18,798th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 49,073 people.
The surname Kancan is most prevalent in India, where it is held by 1,200 people, or 1 in 639,221. In India Kancan is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 61 percent reside, Karnataka, where 38 percent reside and Tamil Nadu, where 1 percent reside. Outside of India Kancan exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 15 percent reside and Nepal, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kancan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kancan in the Hindi language | ||
| कंचन | kancana | - |
| Kancan in the Marathi language | ||
| कांचन | kancana | 92.31 |
| काचंन | kacanna | 7.69 |
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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 Kancan
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