Kaneke Surname
Approximately 399 people bear this surname
Kaneke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 184 | 1:287,726 | 22,395 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
Kaneke (105) may also be a first name.
Kaneke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaneke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kaneke (Marathi: कानेके) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kaneke click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaneke? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kaneke is the 727,600th most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 18,264,526 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Kaneke live; 49 percent live in East Africa and 49 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kaneke is also the 920,134th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 105 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 184 people, or 1 in 287,726. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Kigoma Region, where 98 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 2 percent live. Aside from Tanzania Kaneke exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 33 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaneke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaneke in the Marathi language | ||
| कानेके | kaneke | 40 |
| काणेके | kaneke | 40 |
| कणाके | kanake | 20 |
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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 Kaneke
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