Kanghi Surname
Approximately 533 people bear this surname
Kanghi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 440 | 1:174,506 | 14,664 |
| Cameroon | 61 | 1:340,477 | 30,746 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Kanghi (325) may also be a first name.
Kanghi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanghi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanghi (Hindi: कन्घी) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanghi? popularity and diffusion
Kanghi is the 586,691st most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 13,672,694 people. Kanghi is primarily found in Asia, where 86 percent of Kanghi are found; 86 percent are found in South Asia and 85 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 486,495th most frequently occurring given name globally, borne by 325 people.
Kanghi is most commonly used in Iran, where it is carried by 440 people, or 1 in 174,506. In Iran it is most common in: Tehran Province, where 69 percent live, Isfahan Province, where 23 percent live and Kurdistan Province, where 2 percent live. Apart from Iran Kanghi is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 11 percent live and Pakistan, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanghi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanghi in the Hindi language | ||
| कन्घी | kanghi | 44.44 |
| कंघी | kanghi | 32.1 |
| कंही | kanhi | 22.22 |
| कान्घी | kanghi | 1.23 |
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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 Kanghi
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