Kangk Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Kangk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kangk (14) may also be a first name.
Kangk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kangk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kangk (Bengali: কংক) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kangk.
How Common Is The Last Name Kangk? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kangk is the 4,427,875th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Kangk occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 80 percent of Kangk are found; 80 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 80 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 14 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 509,607. In Papua New Guinea Kangk is primarily found in: Jiwaka, where 100 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea Kangk is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cambodia, where 5 percent reside and Greece, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kangk Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kangk in the Bengali language | ||
| কংক | kanka | - |
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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 Kangk
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