Kanco Surname
Approximately 1,135 people bear this surname
Kanco Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 1,121 | 1:16,371 | 1,236 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
The alternate forms: Kančo (15) are calculated separately.
Kanco (324) may also be a first name.
Kanco Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanco Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanco is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Kančo. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanco? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 327,203rd most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 6,420,745 people. Kanco occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanco live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kanco is also the 487,350th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 324 people.
Kanco is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 1,121 people, or 1 in 16,371. In Burkina Faso it is primarily concentrated in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 88 percent are found, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 4 percent are found and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Burkina Faso this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Kanco
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